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3. McDonnell was a cant miss candidate. I was very surprised to hear Youngkin won

Reply to DemocracyWins (Original post)

Tue May 11, 2021, 04:48 PM

May 2021

Last edited Tue May 11, 2021, 06:01 PM - Edit history (1)

but I read today that he was clearly better at organization and staffing and the delegate game over Cox and the others.

The first ad I saw for McDonnell I said “We can’t beat that”. Seriously he is like the perfect candidate. If he hadn’t screwed up and if he’d had some time to decompress he could have stopped Trump from getting their nomination. Alas, so goes history.

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Dave Wasserman thinks the GOP can win the governor race in VA [View all] DemocracyWins May 2021 OP

No one's sleeping. spooky3 May 2021 #1

+1 rogue emissary May 2021 #2

Oh I agree! Ya know he's not usually like that, so surprising. McAullife is very popular PortTack May 2021 #9

Why does Wasserman "want a horse race"? brooklynite May 2021 #11

The question you should be asking is why he would assume that anyone in VA needs to be told spooky3 May 2021 #12

How about (just an idea): its part of his job to comment on political campaigns? brooklynite May 2021 #13

And how about this: we are free to comment on his comments. Nt spooky3 May 2021 #14

You are certainly free to comment... brooklynite May 2021 #15

McDonnell was a cant miss candidate. I was very surprised to hear Youngkin won underpants May 2021 #3

Who is McDonald? Nt spooky3 May 2021 #4

McDonnell. Oops underpants May 2021 #8

Oh, OK. I wondered if there was someone named that in this year's crop of crazies. nt spooky3 May 2021 #10

Here's how you run against Youngkin, or any Republican for that matter. Yavin4 May 2021 #5

I wouldn't even call VA a purple state... WarGamer May 2021 #6

Na, Democrats have already started to demonize the GOP selection as anti democracy candidate uponit7771 May 2021 #7