Terry McAuliffe Slugs it Out in Virginia

Posted on June 8, 2009 by billmanzi

Virginia will have its Democratic primary for Governor shortly, and recent polls have State Sen. Creigh Deeds leadingTerry McAuliffe, who has outspent the field in a large way. McAuliffe is the establishment candidate, and Deeds the insurgent in this fight. But Deeds is the homegrown candidate, and knows the terrain well. Our old friends at Suffolk University just conducted a survey, and it shows Deeds with a slight lead over McAuliffe, at 29% to 26%. Brian Moran is just behind them at 23%. Should be an interesting fight to the finish. McAuliffe attempts to exploit the fact that Deeds has lost to the presumptive Republican nominee Bob McDonnell in a race for Attorney General several years ago with this ad.

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2 Responses to Terry McAuliffe Slugs it Out in Virginia

  1. Summer says:
    June 8, 2009 at 6:17 am

    Jules don’t be so sure this time. Back in the 80’s there was great upset with all legislators. Many of them were voted out in one fell swoop including the Attorney General. It could happen again if reform is not taken seriouslly. Pensions that add one full year to total for one days work are wrong. Pensions being given out to Reps. because they are not re-elected or because they choose not to run are wrong. Penions that include housing allowances and over time worked on road details are wrong. I
    truly believe that unless the citizenry sees true reform there is a real possibility that
    we could see a repeat of what happened way back when this all happened before.

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  2. Jules Gordon says:
    June 8, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    Your Honor,
    There appears to be move to right within the Democratic Party. Hmmm. Maybe Barack Obama is beginning to wear on his constituency.

    Jules

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