Moderators John317 Posted October 20, 2009 Moderators Posted October 20, 2009 Virginia governor race a snapshot of US attitudes By LIZ SIDOTI and BOB LEWIS, Associated Press Writers – 25 mins ago PURCELLVILLE, Va. – Just a year after this one-time Confederate state helped elect a black man president, Democrats are desperately trying to hang onto the governorship. A lot has changed: Loyal Democrats are more subdued than last fall. Republicans are energized. Independents are proving to be ... independent. Voters of all kinds seem disenchanted. Just like Americans nationwide. The contest between Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat R. Creigh Deeds provides a snapshot of sorts — 12 months after America elected Barack Obama as president and expanded Democratic majorities in Congress, and one year before midterm elections in every state. And the picture, in Virginia as in the nation, is not pretty for Democrats. Republicans are far more fired up than Democrats, and independents who leaned left just a year ago are tilting away. Frustration over the status quo, fear of the country's direction, and disillusionment about political leaders span the ideological spectrum. "I'm disgusted by everything. We couldn't be at a worse place in this country," said Maria Taylor, a waitress in Purcellville's small business district. She calls herself an independent and hasn't decided whom to support as Virginia's next governor. At the nearby hardware store, fellow undecided voter Cary Koppie, a one-man mowing company, is so angry he says he may sit out this election. "They're all a bunch of liars," he said. "You don't know who the heck to vote for anymore." Quote John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Woody Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Many of us predicted this as soon as BO was elected. There's a lot of Obama fatique out there. Sarah Sarah Sarah Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
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