VA:McAuliffe’s Narrow Victory Comes in Spite of Bloomberg’s “help”

NSSF ^ | 8 November, 2013 | Larry Keane

[marktwain]

Victory has a thousand fathers, as the saying goes, while defeat is always an orphan. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is making sure everyone knows he has a claim for paternity when it comes to the narrow victory won by Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia’s gubernatorial race.

Bloomberg hit the cable-news airwaves 

the day after the Virginia election to argue McAuliffe’s narrow victory was proof the state’s voters were swayed by the $1.2 million he spent on TV advertisements 

pushing gun control measures during the last days of the race.

There’s just one problem. In the two weeks after Bloomberg got involved in the race by airing wildly misleading ads 

, Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli made a tight, competitive race out of what once looked to be a blowout. When Bloomberg’s Independence USA PAC started airing ads that earned three Pinocchios 

from the Washington Post, McAuliffe was up 10 points in the polls and seemed on his way to an easy victory. By the time the final votes were counted, McAuliffe ended up winning by less than three percent. McAuliffe actually trailed Cuccinelli for much of the night on Election Day. This chart helps tell the tale.

According to NBC News’ Chuck Todd, some Democrats were pointing fingers at Bloomberg for the vanishing margin of victory. “Already heard from one nat’l Dem who quietly worries that Bloomberg’s gun ads late were not helpful and added to closeness” of the race, Todd tweeted on Election Night 

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Now, to be fair, Bloomberg’s involvement and the Nanny Mayor’s gun control politics were likely not the only reason the race tightened. The botched launch of another big-government intrusion into people’s personal lives – Obamacare – played a significant role as well. In the “small world” category, the Washington Times notes that the same vendor responsible for the Obamacare website was also responsible for Canada’s hugely expensive gun registry, 

which was also riddled with errors.

Considering McAuliffe had a huge money advantage in the final weeks, and anti-gun organizations outspent the organizations like NSSF and the NRA by a 4-1 margin 

, the closeness of the race underscores voters’ repudiation of the big government agendas of Bloomberg and Obama.

Few Democrats walked away from the tight Virginia election feeling overly exuberant. But given Bloomberg’s track record – embarrassing defeats in the Colorado State Senate recall elections, losing members of MAIG over the summer, and having his overreaching nanny-state health agenda found unconstitutional – he’s happy to post a win any way he can get it. Even if he was the reason it almost became a loss.

[marktwain]

Many will wonder about possible voter fraud in Virginia's large urban areas. I think the real story is that once again, in spite of their "good intentions" Liberterians acted as the spoiler, insuring that a far left politician gained office. Cuccinelli is much closer to what Liberterians want than McAuliffe, but they elected McAuliffe just as much as if they had voted for him directly.

[Red in Blue PA]

Libertarians are people with Republican ideals who like to smoke pot.

Like it or not, this is a 2 party system.

[Gen.Blather]

When the conservative independent I campaigned for and supported in my district’s House race only polled 4% I switched my vote to the RINO Republican, even though I worked for him up to the last day. So did the other campaign workers I spoke with. WE understood what a spoiler is. Why didn’t Virginia’s libertarians?

[Turbo Pig]

2% is a mandate in the mind of a liberal; beware.

[hosepipe]

Of course ballot box stuffing and multiple voter voting is NOT CONSIDERED...

[central_va]

When the conservative independent I campaigned for and supported in my district’s House race only polled 4% I switched my vote to the RINO Republican, even though I worked for him up to the last day

If the Conservative Independent was true to his convictions you should have stayed with him What is different here is that so called Libertarian was backed by democrats and was a phony. You made a mistake...

[AppyPappy]

They mean because of Bloomies help. He gave the cash to pay the precincts.

[Gen.Blather]

“You made a mistake... “

If he was true to his convictions he would have withdrawn. Instead he spent his time tearing down the Republican and essentially aiding the Democrat. The winning party gets to set the nation’s agenda. So a RINO is better than a Democrat. That’s why I held my nose and voted Dole, McCain and Romney. Any of those would have been better than Obama who I believe isn’t even an American.

In politics you have to deal with the reality of the situation you have, not what you’d like the situation to be.

[hosepipe]

WE understood what a spoiler is. Why didn’t Virginia’s libertarians?

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They probably did.. ballot stuffing multiple voting did the trick..
You know..... like it did for Zero... and no doubt most democrats elected..
How much fraud.. depends on how bad the democrat is losing..

If he/she is in a safe district no or little voter fraud occurs..
And worse they are getting better and better at it..

Soon the only republican that will or even CAN BE elected are the republicans that are SUPPOSED to be elected..

If that is not already happening..
Even with voter I.D. you can rig the voting machines..
Its like the Matrix ONLY DIFFERENT.. or like Logans Run a completely controlled political enviorment..

Why NOT?... Much of America are higher than Kites anyway..
Wash D.C. WANTS as many as possible to be DOPED UP..
Theres a reason they call it DOPE..

[ronnie raygun]

Heard the lib-tarian was supported by the rat side with money and gifts

[Liz]

What was supposed to be a McAwful landslide turned into a nail-biter.....thanks to the Abominable Obamacare. Every voting Virginian---even dead voters---noticed Ohaha//Biden were too scared to even mention Obamacare....nor did the two lunkheads mention that McA supported it....... AND would expand it, as governor.

Va voters should be incensed that the stupid Clintons, Obaha and dumb-head Biden actually set foot in their state---pimping for McAwful. McAwfull was sucking at the Clinton pile---had about ten times the funds that Cuccinelli had. MacAuliffe is the bag-man for the Clintons...This bunch is Terrified of the Tea Party, which demands all politicians live by their sworn oaths to Defend and obey our Constitution.

The Clinton cabal, Obomba, and MacAuliffe see public office as an "investment---"return on investment" begins when they take the oath of office. Looks like genteel Virginia voters were manipulated by McAuliffe applying Obama/Clinton political muscle to win office.

" Yup, it's in the back seat, Terry. The newest vote fraud meat grinder,
in tip-top shape. Oiled and ready to use on Cuccinelli....complete
with do-it yourself instructions."

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INSTRUCTIONS: Insert Republican here.

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ADDENDUM It was recently revealed that the VA DMV latino personnel gave illegals phony licenses---which enabled them to vote.

[central_va]

So a RINO is better than a Democrat.

Says you.

[Gen.Blather]

“So a RINO is better than a Democrat. Says you.”

The majority party sets the agenda. This is how we ended up with Obamacare. If we continue to elect Democrats by not voting when we don’t like the flavor or Republican on offer we will continue towards a socialist hell at breakneck speed. With RINO’s we can at least go slower.

Again. Politics is the art of dealing with what you have in front of you. Not what you’d like to have. If you don’t deal you have ZERO control over where the communists want to take us. Do you think Romney would be dealing with Iran? I don’t. Do you think you’d be safer (in all regards) under Romney? I do.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

How can you blame a Libertarian when it was the establishment GOP that refused to support the candidate. He basically ran out of money at the time when he should have been hammering his opponent on Obamacare via tv ads? Cuccinelli was betrayed by his own party. If he would have had decent support Libertarian votes wouldn’t have mattered.

[marktwain]

There is blame enough to go around, but I focused on the Liberterian candidate because the numbers are clear and unequivocable.

The Liberterian Candidate recieved 6.5 percent. Cuccinelli lost by 2.5 percent. I have seen this sort of result happen again and again and again. It is why I switched parties from Liberterian to Republican.

In spite of the Liberterian rhetoric that they pull votes from both parties, they pull 20 conservative votes for every liberal vote that the get. The liberal fascists know this, that is why they lend financial support to Liberterians.

[central_va]

You are the problem, more so the Demonrats. You are just another proud slithering RINO lover.

[DaveA37]

The Libetarien got financial support from a wealthy ODUMBO supporter. Splitting the vote certainly helped the demodummies take that election, which one will be next?

[dennisw]

Libertarians are liberals who want a tax cut (this saying is 20 years old)

[CatherineofAragon]

So we do the right thing when we support Republican candidates because they’ll take a bit longer to send us into a socialist hell? That makes no logical sense.

At some point, the GOP will be openly pro-queer, and likely pro-abortion, at least to some extent. They are heading leftward faster and faster every day. And yet I’m told that I have to shove aside any decent principles I might have and vote for quislings who espouse the Dem agenda. THIS after I, as a Virginian, watched this same GOP declare open war on Ken Cuccinelli and conservatives in general.

Never again. They can go to hell.

[Gen.Blather]

“So we do the right thing when we support Republican candidates because they’ll take a bit longer to send us into a socialist hell? That makes no logical sense.”

If you really want to win in the end, and that’s all that counts, politics means going to bed with a lot of women you wouldn’t bring home to meet mother. By not playing the game you automatically lose the game; they win. But if you get enough conservatives in office and you can control the nation’s agenda (be the majority) then you have to hold your nose and occasionally vote to achieve that majority. Take the long view. If you do we’ll eventually end up with the conservatism you want; or some reasonable negotiated approximation you can live with. Otherwise you’re consigning all of us to that hell you’d like to send the GOP to. (BTW, I agree. They can go to Hell...but...)