Monday, November 14, 2011
Obama's Virginia Defeat - WSJ.com
Trying to predict next year's election based on this year's results seems somewhat futile.
After all, things have been known to change in a heartbeat...
After all, things have been known to change in a heartbeat...
In the Wall Street Journal, Kimberly Strassel writes about last weeks Virgina election results:
"Virginia Republicans added seven new seats to their majority in the House of Delegates, giving them two-thirds of that chamber's votes—the party's largest margin in history. The GOP also took over the Virginia Senate in results that were especially notable, given that Virginia Democrats this spring crafted an aggressive redistricting plan that had only one aim: providing a firewall against a Republican takeover of that chamber. Even that extreme gerrymander didn't work.
Every Republican incumbent—52 in the House, 15 in the Senate—won. The state GOP is looking at unified control over government for only the second time since the Civil War. This is after winning all three top statewide offices—including the election of Gov. Bob McDonnell—in 2009, and picking off three U.S. House Democrats in last year's midterms."
