Deeds and Obama finally together campaigning after quizzically long wait.
In a recent article on of the Washingtonpost.com, Chris Cillizza discussed the effect of Creigh Deeds on the down ticket voting. He mentions that the Kaine victory helped if not won the elections for those listed below him. Extrapolating, he mentions that lower Deeds support might have the opposite effect this year. A theme in this election is run away. Deeds ran from Obama, until recently. He hoped to distance himself from a rough battle over healthcare. Steve Shannon has distanced himself from Creigh Deeds because funny enough Shannon is looking to have a closer margin then the gubernatorial candidate. As far as locals go they seem to be running their own show.
However is this running doing any good? People still talk about the two gubernatorial races being a validation of the President or Republicans, depending on how it all sorts out. The idea that national politics isn’t going to affect the race to be Governor of Virginia is naïve at best. The notion that the Deeds/McDonnell showdown isn’t going to come to play in the AG or LG election is just as preposterous. So where that leaves the candidates might be unknown but, I do know you can run but you can’t hide and you definitely can’t ignore the affect. ~TV
See article…
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/governors/deeds-down-ballot-drag.html
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Actually, I believe the Monday edition of the WaPo with the updated polling suggested that Obama wasn’t a major factor in this years election. I think it was something like only 30% of the electorate was considering Obama when they cast their vote. However, polls are not perfect so maybe you are right.
By: Pooch the Cooch on October 28, 2009
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