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You're wrong... PoliticAverse Nov 2021 #1
I don't think they are completely wrong. FrodosNewPet Nov 2021 #5
As someone once said "It's the economy stupid"... PoliticAverse Nov 2021 #8
Agreed SmittyWerben Nov 2021 #58
The Virginia economy has done very well under Northam Marius25 Nov 2021 #68
Well, they will be the ones most hurt by their idiotic votes. ananda Nov 2021 #89
agreed, they didn't care about any of that Amishman Nov 2021 #28
Let's all take a couple of deep breath's.... Omnipresent Nov 2021 #2
Not enough people see the Republican Party as the evil entity it is. BlueStater Nov 2021 #3
I'm an independent. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 #15
I'm starting to think like you moose65 Nov 2021 #32
I think if we can get our "allies" to stop comparing Biden to a BOWL OF SHIT; and... NurseJackie Nov 2021 #4
+++ brer cat Nov 2021 #45
I'd say that you have it wrong - even backwards FBaggins Nov 2021 #6
AGREED. And this was a win for the Republican Establishment in Virginia. onenote Nov 2021 #54
Re: that "time will tell" FBaggins Nov 2021 #76
Parents drexelkathy Nov 2021 #7
We have a winner!!!! Jon King Nov 2021 #56
Except they didn't have to stare evil in the face BeyondGeography Nov 2021 #9
Very well said. Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #60
Just wrote to Senator Mark Warner saying basically the same thing, plus Mike 03 Nov 2021 #10
We suck at Politics! njhoneybadger Nov 2021 #11
I think you're dead right. Reading Ezra Klein's book "Why We're Polarized" Mike 03 Nov 2021 #17
Well said. njhoneybadger Nov 2021 #18
".....how each provision in a bill might save us a few dollars a month." jaxexpat Nov 2021 #19
McCauliffe didn't generate excitement bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #42
+1 uponit7771 Nov 2021 #65
That's for sure. Mike 03 Nov 2021 #67
+1, we can "Go High" while stoking emotions and tell the truth !! uponit7771 Nov 2021 #62
That is seriously a good book Sympthsical Nov 2021 #73
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 We blame our bad message on slogans from the poor and oppressed then run uponit7771 Nov 2021 #21
Sometimes, it seems like it moose65 Nov 2021 #33
We are so busy trying to not be like the Republicans we've crippled our avenues of response. hadEnuf Nov 2021 #47
Like 1994 and 2010? Wednesdays Nov 2021 #82
That's apples to oranges. We're coming off of one of the worst presidencies in history, hadEnuf Nov 2021 #84
So you Rebl2 Nov 2021 #61
No, we can "go high" stoke emotions and tell the truth. We leave out the "stoke emotions" part for uponit7771 Nov 2021 #66
We've got enough truth to smash them to bits. We don't need to lie. hadEnuf Nov 2021 #85
Sometimes, Democrats underestimate how deeply entrenched racism is in our country dlk Nov 2021 #12
I think you can add ignorance to that list. luvtheGWN Nov 2021 #48
Cultivated ignorance... dlk Nov 2021 #83
I listened to fourteen hours of coverage and Joy Reid was the ONLY Mike 03 Nov 2021 #13
THANK YOU !!! uponit7771 Nov 2021 #23
It does seem Younkin didn't want any part of Trump except Tomconroy Nov 2021 #14
If my sister marries a pedophile maxrandb Nov 2021 #16
... markie Nov 2021 #20
What would you expect her to do? Beastly Boy Nov 2021 #27
Except, apparently the Retrumplicans do want him at the party maxrandb Nov 2021 #69
Metaphorically speaking, if Youngkin sleeps with Trump on Monday, it will not go well with his Beastly Boy Nov 2021 #79
I'll let you know if I figure something out, but I am BootinUp Nov 2021 #22
The exception would've been the dem winning in VA and he almost did closing the gap ... uponit7771 Nov 2021 #24
So if its a predictable thing because of national politics BootinUp Nov 2021 #29
We got voters out, the turnout numbers were record IINM. The issue is 15% swing in white women uponit7771 Nov 2021 #34
McAuliffe's entire campaign was painting Youngkin as secretly Trump Sympthsical Nov 2021 #71
So McA defined Youngkin early AND HARD as a Trumper? I didn't see that, how was Youngkin able uponit7771 Nov 2021 #77
You are wrong Beastly Boy Nov 2021 #25
100% agree that VA rejected Trump again seeing Youngkin ran away from him like he stank uponit7771 Nov 2021 #26
Youngkin will do what his constituents tell him to do Beastly Boy Nov 2021 #31
Like Abbot, like DeathSentence, like Ducey? tia uponit7771 Nov 2021 #35
No, there is a detectable difference between them and Youngkin. Beastly Boy Nov 2021 #78
Most Texans don't want to get rid of abortion, Abbot did it because he doesn't have to pay a price uponit7771 Nov 2021 #87
Most Texans are OK with Trumpism. Most Virginians are not. Beastly Boy Nov 2021 #88
Nope! atreides1 Nov 2021 #46
Then he will do so at his peril. Beastly Boy Nov 2021 #80
He will do what Donnie Dipshit tells him to do maxrandb Nov 2021 #70
Apparently not in Virginia. Beastly Boy Nov 2021 #81
I am the a acceptance point CrackityJones75 Nov 2021 #30
Yes there is messaging that can change that and dems need to implement it the way the GQP does uponit7771 Nov 2021 #36
Ok get back to me when you figure that out. CrackityJones75 Nov 2021 #38
I posted it already, stoke emotions like the GQP does but with truth. We don't do that ... uponit7771 Nov 2021 #40
They are good at it BECAUSE they lie CrackityJones75 Nov 2021 #41
100% agree that the GQP doesn't have to tell the truth to stoke but we can stoke AND tell the truth uponit7771 Nov 2021 #43
That seems like a good plan but... CrackityJones75 Nov 2021 #50
I feel like you do but relating more to implementation than tactic, the tactic works ... look at uponit7771 Nov 2021 #53
"Trump the traitor" is not a lie. Justice matters. Nov 2021 #74
The message I got from the Virginia race was white grievance. Lonestarblue Nov 2021 #37
Really, there's a soft coup going on, and Trump is all over it wildman76 Nov 2021 #51
Biden has spent the year cleaning up the Trump mess, including the pandemic bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #39
No your not wrong, the devils walk among us wildman76 Nov 2021 #44
Yup. The voters had a simple choice. old guy Nov 2021 #49
Retrumplicans: "When do we finally start killing these people"? maxrandb Nov 2021 #72
Suburban parents hated the Covid closures and blamed Democrats. Jon King Nov 2021 #52
Virginia voters voted their values. i don't get the shock over this. Autumn Nov 2021 #55
Maybe we need to face the fact that we are a greedy, vindictive and fascistic nation that world wide wally Nov 2021 #57
As far as I know, Trump wasn't running for governor Steelrolled Nov 2021 #59
Also, ancianita Nov 2021 #63
Empty Greene, Hawley, Ted Cruz, and a host of others Bettie Nov 2021 #64
I think you would have to look at exit polling to reach any conclusions Apollo Zeus Nov 2021 #75
It's the party moondust Nov 2021 #86
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