This article in Politico is fascinating, mainly because I'm surprised at how many high-profile Virginia Democrats are speaking out so candidly about the Democratic gubernatorial primary before it's over, as if they're doing an "after action report" or something. For instance: *Rep. Gerry Connolly "noted that McAuliffe has gained traction because 'the other two have been running for the last three years and neither one of them had created a commanding lead.'"
*Rep. Bobby Scott says that Terry McAuliffe is "simply 'running a much stronger grass roots campaign.'"
*Former Lieutenant Governor Don Beyer says, "Neither Brian nor Creigh hit it the way Mark Warner did in 2001."
*Former Jim Webb communications director Kristian Denny Todd says that "Brian, at every turn where he should have been demonstrating strength, has failed."
*From "a senior Virginia Democrat who demanded anonymity":, "There’s a growing sense about the Moran campaign that Brian is a very nice guy but he just kind of fell apart when Terry entered the race"
*The article also quotes "other senior Democrats" saying "in private" that "Moran, especially, has again and again missed opportunities."
Again, I'm not surprised that senior Virginia Democrats are thinking and saying this stuff privately, only that they would say it publicly 11 days before the primary.
