T-D Poll: Republicans lead in down-ticket races

What is interesting in this is the pattern that has emerged in Virginia Elections since the re-creation of 2 viable parties.  Since that time, the out of power party nationally has always captured the governor’s mansion.  However, the democrats rarely, and in recent years, virtually never, capture the lower spots.  By pattern, Bolling and McDonnel should have lost 4 years ago.  They won.  And it looks like a sweep this year as well.

This apears not to be just another page in the pattern, but a definite repudiation of democrats in general.  Their base is alive and active, but the independents are trying to send a message.

RC, yes that joke has been going around for years.  But you are right…there might be some liberals who actually believe it.  After all, these are the same people who were whining and crying after the 2000 election because they “couldn’t read the ballots”.  So, for the record: Tuseday is election day for everyone!!!!!  So you democrats, if you want to bother going out to vote (for all the good it will do), go on Tuesday, not Wednesday, okay?

And to Common Sense who said, “How dumb do they really think the american people are? America WOKE up last fall and elected Obama !!!!“

I think you just answered your own question.

Well said, Common Sense, those last two posts were excellent and dead on relevant. Thank you for speaking up.

I just wanted to add one thing in response to what you said with:

“Anyone with half a brain can see what the republicans are doing…..they are simply attempting to re-brand themselves as the saviour of the country…..grassroots/less government/tea parties/joe the plumber/sarah palin…..“

What they’re doing is actually worse. In the last election cycle Rep Ron Paul built a sizable conservative libertarian movement that opposed both the disastrous foreign policy and financial decadence of the neo-cons. Although ridiculed at the time by 98% of Republicans, it turns out Ron Paul was right about quite a lot of things. The Ron Paul movement was also real grass roots. The mainstream republicans are jealous of this and view it as a threat. An important objective of what you listed above is to rebrand, hijack, re-purpose and co-opt the populism of Paul’s campaign. Thus they both re-energize their base and neutralize the real populist opposition to failing republican policies coming from the right. This is what the rise of Glen Beck is all about, addressing this particular aspect is his main gig.

Once again, good job on the posts. Keep it up.

So this is how the republican party will be defined in the coming elections. They are proving to the voters they do not have principals or concrete ideas on how to make this country a better place for ALL and will follow whoever or whatever is popular for the day. I predict a great loss for the republican party in the elections to come. This country will not retreat to the dark ages. It has come too far.
As for Mr Andy, “The democrats have held the Governor’s office for the past 8 years, but you find some way of blaming the road conditions and rest stop closures on the Republicans.“ The Republicans were opposed to all plans for Transportation Funding proposed by the Democratic governors for the last 8 years. Yet, they never came up with a plan of their own to fix the problem. The Repubs chose the Do Nothing plan of action. They would not work with anyone to fix the problem. In the meantime, look at all the potholes in the streets of Richmond!!
“you go on to blame “King George” for the massive national debt even though the House of Representatives, who control any and all spending on a national level, have been in the control of democrats for the past 3 years.“ In 2001, when King George took office, we had a $100 billion dollar surplus and a Republican congress. In 2001, after one year of the Bush presidency and a continuing Republican congress, we had a $100 Billion dollar deficit. And it got worse after that, reaching as much as $450 Billion dollar deficits for FOUR years under a Republican president and Congress. In SIX years, they doubled our National Debt. How Dare you place Blame on anyone but the Republicans! YOU LIE!
Do you understand what a “unitary executive plan” means? The unitary executive theory is a theory of American constitutional law holding that the President controls the entire executive branch. When President Bush signed a new law, sponsored by Senator McCain, restricting the use of torture when interrogating detainees, he also issued a Presidential signing statement. That statement asserted that his power as Commander-in-Chief gives him the authority to bypass the very law he had just signed. King George repeatedly authorized the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance without a warrant, in flagrant violation of applicable federal law. And before that, Bush declared he had the unilateral authority to ignore the Geneva Conventions and to indefinitely detain without due process both immigrants and citizens as enemy combatants. the phrase “unitary executive” is a code word for a doctrine that favors nearly unlimited executive power. Bush has used the doctrine in his signing statements to quietly expand presidential authority.
Bottom line- GOP is more concerned about attaining power then offering a comprehesive set of solutions to run on and govern! Governing is solving problems not pushing them on others.
Republicans are a bunch of selfish thugs.

The joke about Wednesday being election day for dems is actually pretty old, not as funny as it is frightening when you consider that some, maybe a lot of people believe it. I lean toward the dem side, so possibly I have a skewed view, but it seems to me the dems don’t spread these falsehoods the way the repubs do…like if dems win they’ll outlaw the Bible! It’s probably the slumlords posting signs in their dumps that people can’t vote if they didn’t pay their rent. I didn’t hear it during the campaign, but someone (maybe the gun dealers) spread around that Obama would take away their guns. So everybody believed that and the dealers can’t keep the stuff on the shelf. They’re laughing all the way to the bank. I’m not suggesting for one minute that we should do this, but it would be interesting to know how elections would turn out if people had to pass a test before they could vote. And I’m not suggesting for one minute that I would pass it either, because I sure as the dickens missed the thing about Obama taking away the guns. Seems to me he’s got way bigger fish to fry.