nodoginnafight
No Party Affiliation
Thanks nodog. If anyone understood this bipartisan post, I knew you would. I am simply amazed at a time where the Democrats currently hold all of the power, Creigh Deeds is the BEST they could put forward to run for Governor in the state of Virginia? Our two previous governors have been Democrats, with no major issues, so a Democrat SHOULD have been a shoe in. I am truly just in awe after last night's debate.
And you've cut right to the core of a very important thing imho. As much as political parties try to clamor and scream that THEIR way is the right way, what it almost always boils down to is individuals.
I think the vast majority of votes go to candidates - not parties.
Each party may have a core of faithful who will always go with their party no matter what - but elections are won and lost by the votes of those who vote for an individual candidate without worrying too much about which letter of the alphabet is stuck on the end.
While I WANT to believe your assessment is accurate, that doesn't help me understand how McCain and Palin did as well as they did in November.
I think you have to remember the hurdles Obama had to clear to get elected. He's black, he has a wacky name, I think his opponents did a fair job of making people afraid of him, he was relatively inexperienced. I think the John McCain of 2000 could have beaten him - but John McCain 2008 (The guy who let the far right jam Palin down his throat) - not so much.