It's Over! Now the fun begins.
For the bleary-eyed among you who stayed up till the bitter end, this will come as no surprise. But for the rest of you: The Virginia primary is over. Done. Kaput. Finito.
All those Web sites for losing candidates like Sean Connaughton, Steve Baril, Chap Petersen and Viola Baskerville will fade into obscurity. You can remove them from your bookmark lists now. (Connaughton's already has been replaced with a message of support for the GOP ticket. Boy, that was fast!)
But there's no rest for weary bloggers, so don't you dare delete the Race to Richmond from your lists. We're on to bigger and better things. Specifically the 2005 general election, which we now know will feature no end of fasicnating matchups.
Of course, there's Kilgore v. Kaine v. Potts. Since we're now in the 24-hour-news cycle, stay tuned for a nearly non-stop torrent of sniping, accusations and multi-media bashing. Oh, and there may be some sober discussion of policy differences too. We'll see.
Then, there's Bolling v. Byrne. There couldn't be a more classic matchup between a conservative and a liberal. Let's just say voter's will have a choice here.
And of course, there's McDonnell v. Deeds. Who, you say? That's right, you might not know these guys yet, but you will. Just wait.
So, let's bid adieu to the founder of the Jamaican bobsled team. (Who must have woken up this morning thinking "Wow! 30,000 people voted for me!") And it's on to the fall.
By Michael Shear |
June 15, 2005; 10:40 AM ET
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Mike: Something to keep in mind in reporting/reflecting on the failure of the conservatives who primaried the House incumbents -- the guys VCAP trotted out were a fairly weak bunch. We're talking about candidates who were mostly under 30 with few roots in or ties to the communities they were running in. If they had gotten folks who were a bit older and perhaps at the county board/city council level of experience , i think you may have seen a few more upsets.