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.
^^^^^^^^^^^ this. THANK you for not drinking the MSM conventional wisdom kool aid, Tmth. :-)
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