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McDonnell’s opponent campaigned ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY opposing/exposing McDonnell’s “social conservativism,” especially on abortion and the role of women.
Clearly, these issues did not hurt McDonnell at all.
For Republicans, being clearly and unapologetically pro-life is virtually ALWAYS A PLUS.
But keep trolling your views, you pro-aborts, you.
Cheers and Ciao
Did you actually read the story? Or just teabagged it? If you think the conservative social positions are election winners, I strongly encourage you to keep it up. It’s been working so well…….
BTW, no one is “pro-abort.” I know that I believe every abortion is a tragedy. I also know it’s not government’s business to interfere in a woman’s decision.
McDonnell won because even though Deeds went after him on social issues, he stayed disciplined on the jobs and economy message.
The difference in Colorado is that we don’t think McInnis will be able to stay focused on that message. Not that he won’t want to, but that he won’t be able to because of pressure to throw red meat social issues to the Tea Party and the far-right. You are aware, oh wise rtwingtroll, that McInnis was generally pro-choice in Congress?
In Colorado, it isn’t a “plus” to be either pro-choice or pro-life. Poll after poll shows that voters in Colorado are fairly evenly split on the issue, with a small percentage favoring the pro-choice side. It might be “always a plus” for you personally, but it isn’t for the rest of the electorate. And while we’re at it, remind us how well that “life begins at conception” ballot measure did in 2008?
EVERY VOTER (paying attention to TV, anyway) KNEW McDonnell was a pro-life, Christian whackjob (according to the Deeds’ campaign, anyway). It was pretty much Deeds’ ONLY message, and McDonnell blew him out of the water.
Could not be clearer to those who are honest observers and not pro-abort trolls, that the issues were a net PLUS to McDonnell … and they are in Colorado, too.
Now McGinnis has significant problems on these issues (he’s squishy-squishy), and many others too, but that’s an entirely different question.
Cheerio
First, most polls in this state show that 60% of the registered voters are pro-choice. Initiatives to make state law pro life have been overwhelmingly defeated by the Colorado electorate.
Second, McDonnell did something most Republican candidates absolutely fail to do. He promised to govern. He had specific policy proposals and he said he would fund education, transportation etc. Many Republican candidates in Colorado simply refuse to govern. For example, the elevated portion of I-70 east of I-25 needs to be replaced and rebuilt. This is an objective engineering fact. Republican response to this is cut taxes. See Mr. McInnis’ statement that he will repeal the FASTER bill.
McDonnell didn’t win because he is pro-life. He won because he addressed the issues voters care about in a way that made sense to them. The problem many Republicans have is they believe the voters want candidates that are right wing social conservatives when in fact they don’t. To Governor-elect McDonnell’s credit he figured out that if he campaigned on the issues voters care about, they won’t care where he is on the social issues. It also means that if, after he is inaugurated, he suddenly tried to have his socially conservative positions enacted into law his popularity will nose dive because Virginians did not elect him to do that.
about Creigh Deeds in late September or early October. It focused on why his campaign was tanking and they specifically mentioned the same thing–that McDonnell had managed to focus almost exclusively on jobs and the frustration in Virginia over the recession while Deeds tried to hammer home McDonnell’s extreme right wing views on social issues. It didn’t work. Deeds couldn’t get traction with it and McDonnell stayed on message–and he won.
With all the wingers not being able to spell their candidates name?
For the last time, it is Scott McInnis.
McGinnis sounds like McDonald’s newest attempt at Irish beer brewing.
named McGinnis and gather the signatures to get him on the ballot. He’d have a huge base to begin with.
Skeet McGinnis for Governor.
And we could recruit James Penroy to run for Senate against Gale Norton.
There’s not a comment beside it.
I say we go for closer to the real thing, Arthur McGuinness. People wouldn’t know why, but the name would just make them feel so relaxed and happy.
And yeah, I do know what time it is.
Would be for Scott to step up and tell us how he’s going to govern.