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Post by TW on Nov 5, 2009 8:22:36 GMT -5
Okay! You can twist this any way you want. You can say the reason minorities didn't vote is because they didn't have a candidate of "their own." A couple of whities vying for a job didn't interest them. You can say it's voter lethargy. You can say it's because people realized that they didn't really want Democrats in office. You can say anything, but if you read this article, and realize that it was the people who voted for Obama that stayed home during this election, you come away with the belief that they simply don't feel they have any reason to support a candidate. Why? I don't know. We can assume a lot, but would we be right? news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_gu/us_election_obama_voters |
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Post by amoeba15 on Nov 5, 2009 13:32:37 GMT -5
Being a Virginian, many Virginians were PISSED at current Governor Kaine for becoming Chairman of the DNC and for not fulfilling his duty and responsibilities as VA Governor. This belief combined with cutbacks, rest area closings, not being able to make ends meet...caused many Virginians to be less supportive of Dems. Also, Deeds did an AWFUL job running for Governor. Sensing that victory in the race for Virginia governor is slipping away, Democrats at the national level are laying the groundwork to blame a loss in a key swing state on a weak candidate who ran a poor campaign that failed to fully embrace President Obama until days before the election.Senior administration officials have expressed frustration with how Democrat R. Creigh Deeds has handled his campaign for governor, refusing early offers of strategic advice and failing to reach out to several key constituencies that helped Obama win Virginia in 2008, they say. wizbangblog.com/content/2009/10/23/democrats-give-up-on-deeds-for-governor-in-virginia.phpAs for many Virginians, the repeated kick in the arse from the current economy, lip service, unfulfilled Obama promises and very little hope in sight, have caused many Virginians to basically give up. Sooooo much emphasis and expectation was placed on Obama and in the end, what good did it do? Tis a shame, but as is the case with many Americans, most Virginians are struggling to make ends meet and believed that it was futile to have hope and faith in candidates who will probably become part of the problem. |
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Post by TW on Nov 5, 2009 13:43:24 GMT -5
I hate it when parties try to distance themselves from a candidate when they know it was failed policies and decisions by the party faithful that caused what happened to Deeds.
In all honesty though, based on the things I'd seen about him and his opponent, he didn't deserve to win.
But, as I said in the initial post, it is easy to point a finger, but a person can put any slant on it that they like.
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Post by packerconvert on Nov 5, 2009 16:13:28 GMT -5
The reason minorities stayed home is because they have buyers remorse. They could have elected "whitey" and got the same screw job.
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Post by gopackgo2000 on Nov 6, 2009 9:23:22 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] I hate it when parties try to distance themselves from a candidate when they know it was failed policies and decisions by the party faithful that caused what happened to Deeds.[/glow] In all honesty though, based on the things I'd seen about him and his opponent, he didn't deserve to win. But, as I said in the initial post, it is easy to point a finger, but a person can put any slant on it that they like. TW, I too am not a fan, but it is called politics!!! It will always happen that way, it seems! |
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