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Believe me, I can’t wait to see Harry Reid lose his Senate seat. After all Nevada is at its core a red state. Believe me, I would love to see Jeb Bush steamroll to a victory in a U.S. Senate race. And I would really love to see Caroline Kennedy AKA “Camelot Barbie” defend a Senate and her non-existent resume. Those are great topics, but we have to keep our eye on the ball: There are important statewide elections in 2009 that deserve our attention.

VIRGINIA: The governor’s race is at the top of the ballot in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The GOP has put its decade-long infighting aside and has rallied behind Attorney General Bob McDonnell. McDonnell is a popular figure who has a strong law-and-order record both as a Delegate and as Attorney General. He has deep roots in the two most populous and vote-rich area of the state, and has proven that he can win a statewide election. He has a very strategic advantage in that he has no primary opponent. The Democrats, on the other hand are holding a three-way primary between R. Creigh Deeds, Brian J. Moran and Terry McAuliffe. McAuliffe, of course, is the former chairman of the DNC and a Clinton crony. Moran, a state legislature, is the choice of the Virginia Democrat establishment. The united GOP will have a chance to reverse the blue tide in the Commonwealth.

NEW JERSEY: The New Jersey governor is the constitutionally most powerful governor in the nation. There are no other elected constitutional officers, so the governor appoints everyone in the cabinet, as well as every new judge in the state. Wall Street Magnate Jon Corzine holds the position now. He is there because he has used his vast fortune to win a Senate seat in 2000 by outspending his opponent by a 9:1 margin, and has underwritten Democrat bosses and machines across the Garden State for eight years. New Jersey is a very BLUE state. However, Corzine’s approval ratings are upside-down, so the GOP sees an opening. The GOP will chose its nominee on June 4, in a primary. There are three declared candidates - two mayors and a state assemblyman - but the GOP awaits the entry of popular U.S. Attorney Chris Christie. If the GOP can unite behind a candidate, then they have a chance to pull an upset.

ILLINOIS:It looks like Barack Obama’s Senate seat is no longer for sale. It may have to be decided in a special election, which should give the GOP an opening.

The GOP is on a mild winning streak, having won three special elections in Georgia and Louisiana since the election of Obama. If we can focus on 2009, then we can build on those victories.

1 posted on 12/28/2008 3:06:52 PM PST by Charlie Fairbanks
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To: Charlie Fairbanks

GOP...Phooey!


2 posted on 12/28/2008 3:08:32 PM PST by screaminsunshine (.)
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To: Charlie Fairbanks

Why would you be for Jeb Bush, who is for open borders and for amnesty for illegal immigrants, just like Senator Mel Martinez?


3 posted on 12/28/2008 3:10:32 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (Conservatives obey the rules. Leftists cheat. Who probably has the political advantage?)
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To: Charlie Fairbanks

The immediate goal is to embarrass Obama, Pelosi, Reid & the msm folks, each state has to put up the best “opposition” it can to the Chicago Crime Syndicate (CCS) emanating from Washington. We shouldn’t be so near sighted.


6 posted on 12/28/2008 3:37:01 PM PST by Obushma (Obama=Bush 3rd Term!)
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To: Charlie Fairbanks

bump


7 posted on 12/28/2008 3:51:45 PM PST by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW ,)
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To: Charlie Fairbanks

Bob McDonnell’s website claims he is a conservative. I just emailed his campaign..... the basic jist— prove it!


10 posted on 12/28/2008 4:40:14 PM PST by Operation_Shock_N_Awe (I'd rather be a conservative nut job than a liberal with no nuts and no job)
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To: Charlie Fairbanks
... He has deep roots in the two most populous and vote-rich area of the state ...

I didn't know Bob McDonnell was from Northern Virginia.

11 posted on 12/28/2008 4:55:37 PM PST by relee ('Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: Charlie Fairbanks
After all Nevada is at its core a red state.
Was that when Richard H. Bryan and Bob Miller were serving as governors?
12 posted on 12/28/2008 6:41:21 PM PST by dbz77
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