...to hear GOP leaders in this once reliably red state tell it, this is no time to panic. No hint of discouragement is betrayed. Just as many party activists insisted after Romney's loss, key figures here said that their shortcomings are cosmetic - that the problem is largely about campaign mechanics and how the conservative message is being delivered, not the message itself......They argued that more money, not having a third-party candidate in the race and a scandal-free governor would have made the difference. And they pointed to bad timing: the election came shortly after an unpopular shutdown but before the problems with Obamacare fully seeped into the public consciousness.Put it this way: the denial and delusion are strong with these folks. I mean, this is some seriously stupid stuff right here. I mean, does RPV Chair Pat Mullinsreally believes that the Republicans managing to lose an eminently winnable race had nothing whatsoever to do with their gubernatorial nominee being a right-wing extremist? Do Mullins and the other Republicans at the "Advance" (aka "retreat") really believe that their problems are simply "cosmetic," all about "campaign mechanics and how the conservative message is being delivered, not [about] the message itself?" If so, then all I can say is: please, Virginia Republicans, don't ever change! Because, as much as I'd like to see two serious parties competing for the votes of Virginians, speaking strictly as a partisan Democrat and as a progressive, I couldn't be happier that Virginia Republicans are so delusional and so flawed in their brain-dead "analysis." I mean, it's their party and all, so if they want to keep refusing to admit they have deep problems selling their harsh, intolerant, extreme, even bizarre beliefs and candidates (e.g, Mark Obenshain wanting to criminalize miscarriages, almost every word out of E.W. Jackson's mouth, Ken Cuccinelli's climate science denial) in an increasingly diverse, well-educated Virginia, the more power to 'em I guess. Just one thing I need to do while Republicans self destruct: stock up on popcorn, because this is going to be loads of fun to watch! LOL |
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