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What WAS the issue is that she's in favor of card check (taking the secret ballot away from union members), repeatedly voted for higher taxes, supports much of the Obama agenda and just doesn't hold any known Republican views.
Why she even ran as a Republican is a mystery. #campaigns
11/02/09
And he's definitely going to lose, probably by ten possibly be 15-20 points.
However it's not correct to say the VA election is an entirely local affair.
I think frankly even a great Dem candidate -- which Terry McAuliffe btw would NOT have been -- would probably have lost this election. Although it would have been much closer than tmw will be.
The reality is that Obama's presidency is not playing well in large parts of the country. I don't think this is necessarily fair but 1) the FoxNews effect is real everywhere outside major metropolitan areas; and 2) Fox aside, there is real populist anger about the Wall St bailout etc.
I'm hoping BO can have some success in the coming months with health care and taking control of the "big government" meme. And somehow at least proximately resolve the Afghanistan question.
And my (possibly optimistic suspicion) is that he's not really going to start worrying about positioning and political messaging for midterm elections until spring -- so he's if not happy then ok w/ looking a little unraveled at the moment.
NJ is clearly its own beast, but even that election I don't think is entirely "local."
And VA is maybe 30-40% local, but 60-70% a referendum on Obama in a state he won in '08 that is not going well. #campaigns
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11/02/09
I am ready to hammer the answering machine. Yes, this olds still owns a land line. #campaigns
11/02/09
He only has an 11 in Charisma and a 12 in Intelligence and Wisdom. I don't care if he has Darkvision to 60'; if my City Councilperson can't successfully score a critical hit on the big resolutions then I don't want him representing me.
Either on the council or in my raiding party. #campaigns
11/02/09
I'm getting tired of working around all these Judeo-Christians 24/7! #campaigns