He ran against Mark Warner and beat him.
JWarner has a history of supporting dems. This endorsement means nothing to me. It will mean something to the low-info voters, however.
It just shows have divided the RPV is. Bolling essentially did the same thing to Cuccinelli.
The jury’s still out on Gillespie’s conservative creds, IMHO.
Not for me. He is a RINO. Maybe that is what wins now in VA. We are more blue than red. We will have GOP candidates that talk like Chris Christie. The move is to the Left, especially in NoVA.
And as I said before, the window for him to reach out to the conservative/constitutionalist grassroots is closing. His GOPe supporters have vilified me one time too many. *I* am not the enemy. The dems treat me and my fellow constitutionalists better than the R’s.
Have you read this piece by the RPV Executive Director, Shaun Kenney? I have been calling for his resignation.
Bolling did a lot of damage to the party. His facebook post congratulating Gillespie was full to overflowing with comments about taking the party back from all the exremely extreme right wing extremists. At the very least, it was poor manners. Frankly, I’m sick of that crap. Like I said, *I* am not the enemy yet the GOPe treats me like I have leprosy or something.
I am trying to at least give Gillespie a chance to mend the rift. If he is smart, he will make the attempt. I don’t hold out much hope of that happening, though. And I will point out, that I am giving him more of a chance to mend the rift than the GOPe gave Cucc.
Yes, I read that when it came out. I used to think Shaun was a conservative. Clearly, I was mistaken in that belief. In fact, his arrogant pomposity gets a little old.