Posted on 06/09/2009 6:34:11 PM PDT by Panzerlied
Running with the least money and fewest ties to vote-rich Northern Virginia, State Sen. R. Creigh Deeds has won the three-way Democratic primary for governor, paving the way for a rematch with Republican Bob McDonnell in the fall.
Deeds, 51, a country lawyer from Bath County in the western part of the state, was viewed as an unlikely winner against two Northern Virginians with entrenched political ties.
Known for his moderate views on such issues as gun rights, but also appreciated for his folksy style and attention to the Washington suburbs' cry for road improvements, Deeds was leading in Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun and Prince William counties.
Deeds had almost doubled the vote totals of each of his opponents, Democratic activist Terry McAuliffe and former Del. Brian Moran.
"Three weeks ago, this was a two-man race between McAuliffe and Moran," said Quentin Kidd, a political science professor at Christopher Newport University. "Deeds was going to win the rural vote and that's it. People are going to be talking about how he pulled this off for weeks and months."
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Already posted under another title. Mea culpa.
Guess those “Washington Post” campaign signs helped?
This is very bad news for the GOP. We needed dipsh!t Moran or McAwful to win. Deeds has a very good chance of beating McDonnell. I don’t care what the polls show right now.
The tide is turning.
The punk is out!
Mr. Deeds goes to Town (Richmond?).
Mr. Smith went to Washington.
I can’t believe a member in the ‘Hair Club for Geithner’ lost!
I hope he’s Good.
Take your money and go home b*tch!
I didn’t follow this race closely, but thought McAuliffe was the front runner.
Maybe downstate Virginians weren’t impressed with his ties to the Clintons and national Democrats. From what I understand, Virginia is one of those states in which people in different regions of the states feel distinctly separate from other areas, sort of like New York City vs. Upstate New York.
That’s what I heard, that Deeds is their strongest candidate.
I've visited Lee County once upon a time ~ and I may be the ONLY person living in Northern Virginia other than a state employee or two around here who can actually say that.
At the time of the Revolution about half the people in what would become the United States lived in Virginia.
Why? He has no ties to NOVA, no ties to any big population center (unless you count Charlottesville as a big population center), and AFAIK has no military background.
McDonnell has ties to NOVA and Virginia beach and good military credentials. He should have a damn good shot if the GOP just doesnt screw up.
That just got me thinking if the primary, or whatever, was truly legitimate, or was this guy selected. Maybe I’m being paranoid.
I know he had fallen behind in the polls by the last week, and don’t know if the eastern VA vote was split, letting the guy from the south/west slip in.
“This is very bad news for the GOP. We needed dipsh!t Moran or McAwful to win. Deeds has a very good chance of beating McDonnell. I don’t care what the polls show right now.”
Not really as Deeds is a conservative democrat..wish more repubs where like him
He is to the left of McDonnell.
I like that McAuliffe got beat, whatever else happens.
Turn out was less than 5%!!!!!!!! When are people going to wake up and get off the couch and vote in our primaries? Yes, this is a conservative democrat beating a carpetbagger, but this is happening all over they country... how can people not get out to vote in the primaries — where they can make change in government — and talk about tea parties??
Because he’s a fake conservative Democrat and they always do well in VA. All it takes is to say he is moderate on guns and he’ll siphon off a chunk of the good old boys. That’s how Dems have become successful in the border South (that and the Yankee invasion).
less than 5% showed up to vote.......... that is pathetic!
Well I voted for Deeds. Of course I’ll vote McConnell in the Fall but Deeds was the most acceptable (or least unacceptable) and anyone can vote here in the primary. My fear is that VA will continue the Dem trend. Its a gamble - one approach would be to vote the worst candidate in hopes McConnell would beat him but the problem is you might get that candidate.
Now that is quit telling. I thought the awesomeness that is 0 would shine in the NE.
MacAuliff is a sleezy, nasty piece of work.
Deeds is done.
Virginia won’t put a third democrat in.
IIRC, the party that is in the WH typically loses the VA governor election.
I hope that does not mean we will have Terrible Terry slinking back into NYS.
Well other Clintanoids usually become University Presidents (Shalala, Bowles).
I suspect something like that will be the holding pattern for Mr. Global Crossing.
Deeds does have a good chance. But at least Virginia will not be stuck with a liberal.
He is a liberal. He’s a John Edwards rural poser who talks the talk like a conservative. If he was conservative, he wouldn’t be a Democrat. And if Deeds and the Democrats win this race, that’s a major blow to the GOP comeback. Deeds winning emboldens socialist Democrats at every level of government.
If being in the GOP made you a conservative the gov’t would not be this bad now. I don’t think he is a liberal. I know a lot of people like to claim all democrats are liberal, but some aren’t. The best thing that could happen is for conservatives to vote in these primaries and vote for the most conservative democrat candidate. Like the dems do the GOP only the opposite.
McDonnell is the conservative in the upcoming race. No doubt about it. I’d like you to try to make the case that Deeds is more conservative than McDonnell. If McDonnell loses, it’s a loss for conservatives.
“He has no ties to NOVA, no ties to any big population center”
To those libtards who have invaded Northern VA, the fact Deeds has a (D) next to his name is “ties” enough. McDonnell has an uphill battle ahead, regardless of what polls are saying now.
It may be a loss. But Virginia is trending hard to the left right now. I think it is a victory for moderates and conservatives that Deeds won tonight. I’m conservative and voted for Deeds. I don’t like Tim Cain and did not want to see another liberal like him in Richmond. I’m glad a true Virginian won the nomination also.
The trend needs to stop, and it begins with the GOP reclaiming the governor’s seat this year.
It could happen that the GOP wins this time. I think Obama will hurt Deeds. It is setting up nicely for a GOP victory. I have seen on another website where a moderate GOP supporter said his family would be giving 134 votes for Deeds. He doesn’t like how far right BM is. I’m very conservative so I would not make such a statement.
Virginia possible is not as far left right now as it appears. The 2 senators are moderates though dems. Also I think people in Virginia lost trust in the GOP. Virginia is still conservative but many don’t really think the GOP is.
We’ll see. Nutty Fairfax had a special election a few months ago that was won by a Republican, and a month later, the RAT candidate barely squeaked out a victory in a second special election.
Could this be a sign voters are in a mood to throw the bastards out -- whichever one is office and/or identified as compliant with the status quo?
Nothing stunning about it at all ... Deeds got the Washington Post endorsement a week ago. The WaPo is the paper of choice for Dem voters in Northern Virginia who are rather incapable of thinking for themselves.
WaPo knew if McAuliff won, the Dems would definitely lose in November. Now it is more of a race.
Please carry this thought back to the folks in Virginia. If you vote for a Democrat, you are voting for a liberal, even if the Democrat you vote for is not a liberal.
A Democrat will appoint liberal Democrats to key positions in education, transportation, judiciary, etc. A Democrat will sign liberal Democrat budgets and legislation. A Democrat will issue nanny-state Democrat executive orders like the ones Tim Kaine signed to resrict gun sales and ban smoking. A Democrat will oppose conservative efforts to preserve marriage as a union between a man and a woman. A Democrat, no matter if they claim to be conservative, will do all of these things, just as Tim Kaine has done.
Never, ever, ever, never vote for a Democrat, ever.
We (Virginia) might as well swap Northern Virginia with Southern Maryland (apologies to Loudon, Quantico etc.)
Bye bye Terry!
Stop reading the MSM!!!
Yes, Deeds is more moderate than McAwful or Moran, but he's a moderate in the mold of Mark Warner and Tim Kaine who never met a tax they didn't hike.
AND since he got the 2005 NRA endorsement, Deeds has squished on guns.
He is NOT a "moderate."
Post of the day, my friend!
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