The Washington Post Loses in VirginiaBob McDonnell won big tonight in the Virginia gubernatorial race, as did the entire Virginia Republican party. The implications of the race will be sorted out soon enough. But one big loser is the Washington Post which may unwittingly have helped the Republican, despite their best efforts to put his opponent over the top.
On the last weekend in August the Post ran the first of dozens of stories about McDonnell's 1989 masters' thesis, in which he wrote, among other things, that working women were detrimental to families and that government should favor traditional marriage over gay unions. While they didn't know the exact target, the McDonnell camp was expecting, as one top adviser put it, a "hatchet job" from the Post. A top campaign strategist says, "We always knew we'd have to fend off some attack from the Post, probably on a social issue. But in all candor we didn't expect the thesis. It was a 20 year old paper."
The Washington Bleep Loses.
The Democrats were pounded all over. McDonnell won Fairfax, Prince William and Loudon Counties which are all Northern Virginia. Prince William and Loudon were won Handily. The House of Delegates will net +6 for the GOP
New Jersey was icing.
I was working a traditional "Blue" precinct near Dulles Airport. We literally had people running up to our table volunteering for the GOP.
I am not going to say the GOP does not have problems on the national level (Calling Ken Blackwell), but there are local patches that are good. My county chairman decided to fight every delegate race in Fairfax. He lost some but just coming to the table put McDonnell over the top in Fairfax.
I urge you CTH'ers to get involved there in Franklin County. Overwhelm the establishment.
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