Old McDonald said:

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call your shot

youngkin +2

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not bad for a concerned moderate

I bet there are ALOT of sad faces around DC today

I am glad Republican Terry Youngskin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia Gubernatorial race. This was the first time that Republicans won a Virginia statewide election since Bob McDonnell thumped Craig Deeds 58.6% to 41.3% in the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election. Winsome Sears will become the become the first woman and woman of color to be elected Virginia lieutenant governor. Sears is a proud Marine veteran, who leads by example. As an immigrant from Jamaica, she has articulated her knowledge about what America means to everyone, regardless of color or religion.

Liberals hate nothing more than a Republican woman of color winning a statewide election. Winsome Sears has demonstrated a stark contrast between a black Republican and black Democrat. Sears doesn't see herself as a victim in need of a handout or an inferior person that needs to have the bar lowered for her. This woman is a breath of fresh air. God bless her.

Agthatbuilds said:

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So it turns out that @WinsomeSears is actually a talented and charismatic speaker. The Republican Party has very few of those. Star in the making here.

pic.twitter.com/lZUerieCgr

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 3, 2021

She's got presidential material

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Can't. Born in Jamaica, mon.

Already addressed it. Here's to a senate run

rgag12 said:

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I bet there are ALOT of sad faces around DC today

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I bet they didn't even bother putting pants on Choo Choo McPooPoo last night.

Ruh roh on the mid-terms. It's going to be a blood bath.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/us/politics/democrats-virginia-governor-race.html

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Democratic Panic Rises as Virginia Loss Exposes the Party's Weakness
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The menacing thunder couldn't get much louder for Democrats.

Few in the party had high hopes that their era of rule in Washington would last beyond the midterm elections next year. But the Republican resurgence on Tuesday in Virginia a state that President Biden won by 10 percentage points last year and surprising strength in solidly blue New Jersey offer a vivid warning of the storm clouds gathering as Democrats look warily to the horizon.

For five years, the party rode record-breaking turnouts to victory, fueled by voters with a passion for ousting a president they viewed as incompetent, divisive or worse. Tuesday's results showed the limitations of such resistance politics when the object of resistance is out of power, the failure of Democrats to fulfill many of their biggest campaign promises, and the still-simmering rage over a pandemic that transformed schools into some of the country's most divisive political battlegrounds.
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In Virginia, the Democratic nominee for governor, Terry McAuliffe, was beaten with relative ease by Glenn Youngkin, a Republican private equity executive and political newcomer.

In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, faced a stunningly close race after being expected to coast to victory. In Minneapolis, voters rejected a ballot measure pushed by progressives that would have replaced the Police Department with a public safety department.
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In the coming days, Democratic anxieties and recriminations over the party's loss in Virginia the marquee race of the off-year elections will echo from those suburban swing districts to Capitol Hill, as the midterm map extends into areas once considered safer for Democrats.
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But in a state where elections tend to be interwoven with national politics because of proximity to Washington, it's hard to separate Mr. McAuliffe's defeat from worsening views of the administration. In the week before Election Day, likely voters in Virginia disapproved of Mr. Biden's job performance by 53 percent to 46 percent, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll. Forty-four percent of voters in the state strongly disapproved of the president's performance, compared with only 21 percent who strongly approved.

Even more worrisome for Democrats: Significant majorities now believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Republicans argue that Democrats and Mr. McAuliffe's campaign failed to address what is behind that sense of decline: increased costs of groceries and gas caused by inflation; continued frustration with schools; supply chain challenges; and crime.

"When you look over the horizon for next year, the red wave is coming," said Corry Bliss, a top Republican strategist working for a number of congressional candidates, who added that Democrats in Washington were not "fighting about things that normal people care about."

As the country's political pendulum appeared to swing back to the right, Republicans crowed that their party had hit upon a playbook for their candidates to replicate across the midterm races.
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Mr. McAuliffe's campaign maintained that even out of office, the former president remained Democrats' most powerful weapon in a race widely expected to hinge on which party could best motivative its base. Mr. Youngkin, a fleece-vest-wearing businessman, became "Trump in khakis," in Mr. McAuliffe's phrasing, and his support for Trumpian issues like "election integrity" became the centerpiece of the Democratic pitch.

When Mr. Biden arrived in Virginia for a campaign rally a week before Election Day, he trained his fire heavily on Mr. Trump, barely mentioning his own agenda. The remarkable tableau of a president devoting his bully pulpit to the man he had defeated only served to underscore how little of an affirmative message Democrats were offering to voters.

"This has been a negative Trump-focused scare tactic campaign, and I think the top line is the declining salience of that," said Tr Easton, a senior adviser for Battle Born Collective, a progressive advocacy group. "You can't scare people into the polls. You have to give people something to vote for."

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They say " When you dig yourself into a hole, stop digging " It appears the Dopey Democrats are planning to keep digging, hopefully all the way down to China !!

Pretty good article.


I am hopeful that the Republicans understand that the future winning does not include an active Trump.

Iraq2xVeteran said:

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I am glad Republican Terry Youngskin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia Gubernatorial race. This was the first time that Republicans won a Virginia statewide election since Bob McDonnell thumped Craig Deeds 58.6% to 41.3% in the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election. Winsome Sears will become the become the first woman and woman of color to be elected Virginia lieutenant governor. Sears is a proud Marine veteran, who leads by example. As an immigrant from Jamaica, she has articulated her knowledge about what America means to everyone, regardless of color or religion.

Liberals hate nothing more than a Republican woman of color winning a statewide election. Winsome Sears has demonstrated a stark contrast between a black Republican and black Democrat. Sears doesn't see herself as a victim in need of a handout or an inferior person that needs to have the bar lowered for her. This woman is a breath of fresh air. God bless her.

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you're a bot right? You don't have to answer if you are a bot, but could you at least put <No Reply> in your username like the auto-generated emails I get.

NTAS said:

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Iraq2xVeteran said:

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I am glad Republican Terry Youngskin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia Gubernatorial race. This was the first time that Republicans won a Virginia statewide election since Bob McDonnell thumped Craig Deeds 58.6% to 41.3% in the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election. Winsome Sears will become the become the first woman and woman of color to be elected Virginia lieutenant governor. Sears is a proud Marine veteran, who leads by example. As an immigrant from Jamaica, she has articulated her knowledge about what America means to everyone, regardless of color or religion.

Liberals hate nothing more than a Republican woman of color winning a statewide election. Winsome Sears has demonstrated a stark contrast between a black Republican and black Democrat. Sears doesn't see herself as a victim in need of a handout or an inferior person that needs to have the bar lowered for her. This woman is a breath of fresh air. God bless her.

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you're a bot right? You don't have to answer if you are a bot, but could you at least put <No Reply> in your username like the auto-generated emails I get.

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I copied and pasted my comment from another thread in this forum with some modifications.

BadMoonRisin said:

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Even blacks are racist in VA? Damn.

captkirk said:

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BadMoonRisin said:

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Even blacks are racist in VA? Damn.

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Yeah....In before a clever Lib chimes in with, "Wait until the Republicans find out Sears is Black. They are going to be pissed!"

oysterbayAG said:

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They say " When you dig yourself into a hole, stop digging " It appears the Dopey Democrats are planning to keep digging, hopefully all the way down to China !!

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The Dem leadership will just start ignoring the progressive loons. Pelosi isn't as stupid as she looks

aggiedata said:

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BREAKING: Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin sends a fruit basket with a 'thank you' card to the Lincoln Project.

"It's the least we can do. After all, they were instrumental in helping us defeat Terry McAuliffe," said a Youngkin aide.

— Jeff Charles, Critical Race Pimp (@JeffOnTheRight) November 3, 2021

Love it

will25u said:

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BREAKING: Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin sends a fruit basket with a 'thank you' card to the Lincoln Project.

"It's the least we can do. After all, they were instrumental in helping us defeat Terry McAuliffe," said a Youngkin aide.

— Jeff Charles, Critical Race Pimp (@JeffOnTheRight) November 3, 2021

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Let this be true.

And send Bill Kristol some cruise tickets.

2024 National Republican Primary Poll:

Trump 47%
DeSantis 10%
Pence 9%
Haley 6%
Cruz 4%
T. Scott 3%
Pompeo 1%
Rubio 1%@Harvard-@HarrisPoll ~ RV ~ 10/26-10/28https://t.co/Pp40ojTQlj

— PollTracker (@PollTrackerUSA) November 3, 2021

Iraq2xVeteran said:

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Winsome Sears will become the become the first woman and woman of color to be elected Virginia lieutenant governor. Sears is a proud Marine veteran, who leads by example. As an immigrant from Jamaica, she has articulated her knowledge about what America means to everyone, regardless of color or religion.

Liberals hate nothing more than a Republican woman of color winning a statewide election. Winsome Sears has demonstrated a stark contrast between a black Republican and black Democrat. Sears doesn't see herself as a victim in need of a handout or an inferior person that needs to have the bar lowered for her. This woman is a breath of fresh air. God bless her.

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will25u said:

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2024 National Republican Primary Poll:

Trump 47%
DeSantis 10%
Pence 9%
Haley 6%
Cruz 4%
T. Scott 3%
Pompeo 1%
Rubio 1%@Harvard-@HarrisPoll ~ RV ~ 10/26-10/28https://t.co/Pp40ojTQlj

— PollTracker (@PollTrackerUSA) November 3, 2021

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All the very active political nuts will not believe this. Conservative or liberal. The truth is Trump branded himself as the resistance leader and for the masses, DeSantis and the like are just generals helping him fight.

Much of what happens in '24 will depend on who the Dems run.

That said, it's not clear to me that DeSantis can play as well in the rust belt as Trump. But on the flip side, Trump is so toxic he just hemorrhages support in the suburbs. A Republican needs both to win.

Have no problem believing most of those numbers other than Pence being so high. The question is of those 53% that don't prefer Trump, how many would opt for an alternative in a general election.

Think the Democrats don't have a single person left that could beat Trump in 2024. Maybe Bernie. The rest of them have destroyed any good will they had.

Keegan99 said:

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Much of what happens in '24 will depend on who the Dems run.

That said, it's not clear to me that DeSantis can play as well in the rust belt as Trump. But on the flip side, Trump is so toxic he just hemorrhages support in the suburbs. A Republican needs both to win.

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Im looking to dissect the virgina race but I think it will show that no republican is flipping the suburb college women vote.

With the polling errors again last night from New Jersey to Virginia—particularly among certain pollsters, not all—it's highly likely that @JoeBiden's approval ratings nationally are not as high as the averages suggest.

— Rich "The People's Pundit" Baris (@Peoples_Pundit) November 3, 2021

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"This has been a negative Trump-focused scare tactic campaign, and I think the top line is the declining salience of that," said Tr Easton, a senior adviser for Battle Born Collective, a progressive advocacy group. "You can't scare people into the polls. You have to give people something to vote for."

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It's not just this it's the whole "That doesn't exist" mantra Dems turn to on issues that make them uncomfortable.

Cancel culture? Doesn't exist. CRT in schools? Doesn't exist. It's like they're telling voters "Who you gonna believe? Us or your own eyes?"

How's that working out for you Dems?

It's not a matter of flipping. It's a matter of getting the burbs back to Romney levels, overall.

Trump underperforms in those precincts vs more generic Republicans.

will25u said:

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With the polling errors again last night from New Jersey to Virginia—particularly among certain pollsters, not all—it's highly likely that @JoeBiden's approval ratings nationally are not as high as the averages suggest.

— Rich "The People's Pundit" Baris (@Peoples_Pundit) November 3, 2021

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Why would you write this that way?

It would be clearer and provide more actual context if he said it would indicate that Biden's numbers may be even lower than is indicated by polls.

texagbeliever said:

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will25u said:

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2024 National Republican Primary Poll:

Trump 47%
DeSantis 10%
Pence 9%
Haley 6%
Cruz 4%
T. Scott 3%
Pompeo 1%
Rubio 1%@Harvard-@HarrisPoll ~ RV ~ 10/26-10/28https://t.co/Pp40ojTQlj

— PollTracker (@PollTrackerUSA) November 3, 2021

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All the very active political nuts will not believe this. Conservative or liberal. The truth is Trump branded himself as the resistance leader and for the masses, DeSantis and the like are just generals helping him fight.

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As much as I appreciate what Trump did, and would be more than fine with him as POTUS again... at this point, he is damaged goods. The media's 4-year campaign of brainwashing the masses that Trump is literally Hitler is beyond repair.

The winning formula moving forward was outlined last night... Trump as a cheerleader from the sidelines.

Wow, I'm late, but the recanvass shows that Alex Askew (D) lost in HD-85. This is history rhyming with itself when HD-40 looked like it flipped in 2017 on election night, and then the following morning, it flipped.

Updated in our interactive. 52-48 GOP.https://t.co/oVum81IDLv pic.twitter.com/GFDpi7qrYV

— Chaz Nuttycombe (@ChazNuttycombe) November 3, 2021

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Mr. McAuliffe's campaign maintained that even out of office, the former president remained Democrats' most powerful weapon in a race widely expected to hinge on which party could best motivative its base. Mr. Youngkin, a fleece-vest-wearing businessman, became "Trump in khakis," in Mr. McAuliffe's phrasing, and his support for Trumpian issues like "election integrity" became the centerpiece of the Democratic pitch.

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What an amazing example of tone deafness and dumbassery. Biden is not a weapon at all. If I'm a Democrat running for office, I'm asking Biden to stay the hell away from my campaign. How did that work out for you bringing him in the final weeks, Terry?

And, oh the horror of having election integrity as an issue! Gosh, ensuring our elections are legitimate is such the losing mantra especially when the Democrats are the Genesis of this issue with Trump and Russia Collusion!!!

Swings towards the GOP since the 2020 election:

Virginia: From D+10 to R+2

New Jersey: From D+16 to D+ less than 1

There is no way to spin this, and if last night had been the midterms Republicans would've taken the House and Senate.

Will Democrats adjust or ignore the signs?

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) November 3, 2021

What D+ Less than 1 mean?