Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Ciao, Cooch

With one week to go before the Virginia statewide elections, Dem candidate for Governor Terry McAuliffe has opened up a 12 point lead (51 - 39) over Rethuglican / Stupid Party candidate and transvaginal probe enthusiast Ken "Cooch" Cuccinelli, according to the latest Washington Post Bezos Bugle poll.  What's remarkable is the lead that McAuliffe has over Cooch among women voters:  58 - 34.

Figures on campaign expenditures in the article show that McAuliffe has a formidable advantage over Cooch, as Rethuglican donors are giving up on his chances and snapping their wallets shut.  Much of the souring on Cooch has to do with his medieval views on reproductive rights and marriage equality, but a lot of additional damage was done with the Stupid Party's Government shutdown, especially in vote-rich Northern Virginia where Federal employees make up a large percentage of the population.

Even though polls aren't elections, and we have a week to go, all of the trends favor McAuliffe.  So we're feeling fairly comfortable in saying "Ciao, Cooch."

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