VA-GOV 2017: It's a Wave (GE: Nov 7th - Thread #2)

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Terry McAuliffe remains the only time the President's party won since 1973.

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Berniecrat Lee Carter defeated the Virginia House Republican Whip.

Oh right, Berniecrats can't win in Virginia.

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I post one comment with some sarcasm and everyone loses their sh**t. Sad!

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https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/928111976676511745/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffivethirtyeight.com%2Flive-blog%2F2017-election-live-coverage-results%2F

^^^ This is what should REALLY scare the GOP ^^^

I mean, I can do without the memes, but I'd appreciate some socialism.

(Thankfully, the new HoD Democrats provide plenty of it.)

Well, a DSA member, Lee Carter defeated an incumbent Republican in the HoD.

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Lee Carter will transform into a sane moderate in less than two years. I'm already calling it.

Probably not?

Trust me, he will not be a left-wing hellraiser once he's actually in office.

You seem to think that left-wing means that you would always be throwing bombs in office.

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Berniecrat Lee Carter defeated the Virginia House Republican Whip.

Oh right, Berniecrats can't win in Virginia.

Eternally bitter, lmao

I can somewhat understand his disappointment.  Just think, a moderate Democrat like Ralph Northam not only handily beats Tom Perriello (the Bernie candidate) for the nomination, but goes on to defeat Ed Gillespie by about 9 points in the general election.  Not only that, but his victory carries the other statewide Democrats to the finish line, but might even win the House of Delegates (in Republican control for nearly twenty years) as well.

If you are a Bernie Bro hardliner like him who was counting on Northam either losing outright or barely winning to bolster his campaign of reshaping the Democratic Party in Bernie Sanders' image, it must be a bitter night indeed.  

You act as if Trump won Virginia and the Democrats just picked up the governorship. Virginia hasn't voted for a Republican governor under a Republican President since 1973. And that Berniecrat won with zero help from the party. And sad that you use the "Bernie Bro" insult to take down progressives.