Actually, there was more to the "young voters" thing than meets the eye. The youngest of the young voters, 18-24, actually went for Cuccinelli by a 6% margin; it was the older young voters, 25-29, that went for McAwful. Read the stats here http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/11/06/yo ... ginia-race (and the article backs up what I said about Sarvis costing Cuccinelli the race, though I freely admit that Cuccinelli was left flapping in the breeze by the Republican establishment).chasfm11 wrote:baldeagle wrote:Establishment Republicans refused to support Cuccinelli. That's why he lost. It appears the Republicans are working on perfecting the circular firing squad.K.Mooneyham wrote:Cuccinelli certainly wasn't helped by the so-called "libertarian" Sarvis, who received funding from a liberal Obama "bundler" out of Austin. I mean, Ron Paul wouldn't even endorse Sarvis, but he did endorse Cuccinelli, for what it was worth.That and the huge young, unmarried woman demographic that went for McAwful in a landslide. Those who don't learn from history are destined to repeat it and the GOP has got to find a way to deal with that group. It is way more important in elections than Immigration.
Despite the squeak victory, I fear the Bloomberg will be emboldened to go after other races like he did in CO. Guns are soon going to be a major issue in many races and we can only hope that the gun owners start realizing that and voting correctly - or their gun ownership is going to be short lived. Anyone want to wager on the day count before McAwful proposes the first gun control bill?
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Cuccinelli certainly wasn't helped by the so-called "libertarian" Sarvis, who received funding from a liberal Obama "bundler" out of Austin. I mean, Ron Paul wouldn't even endorse Sarvis, but he did endorse Cuccinelli, for what it was worth.