Do you wish McAuliffe had been nominated instead?

[tmthforu94]

Nope.
I'm perfectly content with the results. Something crazy could have happened if McAuliffe had been the nominee and he could have won. A gaffe could have occured or something.

[tmthforu94]

Oh, I like Deeds a lot. I was actually undecided on this race for a while. Ben picked an excellent candidate to support, though he isn't as good as McDonnell. I wouldn't have any problem with Deeds as Governor. I think he has the honesty and integrity that is desperately needed nowadays.

[tmthforu94]

No. Deeds was great on the issues, he just got swept up in a Republican wave fueled by the negative opinion of the national Democrats.

1. Democrats are still more popular nationwide than Republicans.
2. President Obama has positive approval ratings in this state.
3. Deeds couldn't excite Obama's supporteres enough to get them to the polls.
4. There was no Republican wave. We lost the New York race. There was a tight battle in Maine for gay marriage. And New Jersey only went Republican because they have an awful Governor.