No On McAuliffe

5:17 pm EST November 10th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 11 Comments

To break my moratorium on election talk, please somebody decent in the Democratic party oppose Terry McAuliffe running for governor of Virginia. He’s just… wrong. Virginia is newly blue and I’d like to keep it that way.

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11 Responses to “No On McAuliffe”

  1. ursulas says:
    November 10, 2008 at 5:46 pm

    I agree, he’s just plain wrong.

  2. ed says:
    November 10, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    And not only that, but McAulliffe is a wanker douche-bag. Unless someone like Gilmore runs again, I can’t see myself voting for McAuliffe. Are there any other prospects in the Old Dominion?

  3. PG says:
    November 10, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    Please, God, no.

    News like this just makes me sad all over again that Emily Couric passed away and isn’t part of the Democratic bench in VA. Now that I think of it, she actually has a couple of parallels to Sarah Palin (both worked as journalists before beginning a career in local politics that kind of sprang from being PTA moms); she just also had some crucial differences, like treating college as more than an opportunity to tour the country, and not setting up journalists as her punching bag once she became a politician.

  4. PG says:
    November 10, 2008 at 6:08 pm

    Actually, speaking of PTA moms going into politics, I think Janet Howell would make a great Democratic nominee for governor of Virginia. She has been a teacher, has been a state senator for 16 years and has a significant record of legislative accomplishments, without appearing to have made major enemies.

  5. Michael says:
    November 10, 2008 at 6:36 pm

    Just make sure that you only have one Democratic candidate running. As blue as VT is we had one Democrat and one Progressive candidate running which allowed the Republican candidate win re-election again.

  6. Jaim says:
    November 10, 2008 at 10:05 pm

    Agreed. McAuliffe is poison. Even Warner isn’t backing him, and Warner is a hell of a lot bigger asset for us than Terry ever was or could be.

    Please, let’s _not_ take five steps forward and even one smallish step back.

  7. Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle says:
    November 10, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    Two guys are supposed to be running in the primary. Brian Moran and Creigh Deeds. Both are supposed to be a lot better than TerryMac. Which one of the two is the best? I’ll let Virginia residents decide that.

  8. ed says:
    November 10, 2008 at 11:41 pm

    From the Creigh Deeds Wikipedia page:

    * Reproductive Rights
    o NARAL- 100% (2006)
    o Planned Parenthood- 100% (2002)
    * Businesses
    o Virginia FREE- 70% (2005)
    o Virginia Chamber of Commerce- 70% (2005)
    * Education-
    o Virginia Education Association- 100% (2006)
    o Virginia Education Association- 100% (2002)
    * Environment-
    o Virginia League of Conservation Voters- 88% (2006)
    o Virginia League of Conservation Voters- 100% (2004)
    * Guns
    o National Rifle Association- A (2006)
    * Labor
    o Virginia AFL-CIO- 100% (2006)

  9. ed says:
    November 11, 2008 at 12:15 am

    Deeds looks better to win on paper, at first glance, anyway. Came a short hair from being elected AG in ’05, so there’s some name recognition, I guess. Grandson of the Democrat who ran the quite rural Bath County (abuts West By God).

    Moran is the brother of Alexandria Congressman Jim Moran, and is a pro-business guy from NoVa. Buddies with Mark Warner according to the never wrong Wikipedia.

    So both sound like Virginia Democrats. Deeds looks a bit more electable, I’d think, and possibly better since he’s not a sitting Congressman’s brother, although both are royalty of some sort.

    McDonnell, the guy who edged Deeds for AG is running unopposed. One would think, that, barring something wacky, the current climate favoring Dems, would bode well for Deeds in a rematch.

    Hmm…

    The nomination is up for grabs in a three-way fight, according to the poll. When self-identified Democrats and independents who lean Democratic were asked which candidate they prefer as the nominee, 16 percent named Moran, 12 percent McAuliffe and 11 percent Deeds.

  10. PG says:
    November 11, 2008 at 12:25 am

    James Moran is the guy that every Democrat I know in his district either has to get drunk to vote for, or just refuses to vote for at all. I hope his brother isn’t like him.

  11. ed says:
    November 11, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    Perfect description of Jim Moran. And yes, you have to hope his brother isn’t like him, but I’m reflexively anti-monarchy anyway.