3rd Party Wreckers
The Virginia governor race results today are classical of how 3rd party candidates wreck Republican attempts at wining elections The elections returns were:
McAuliffe (D) . . . . 47.4%
Cuccinelli (R) . . . . 46.0%
Sarvis (L) . . . . . . . 6.6%
If only half the 6.6% that voted for Sarvis would have voted for Cuccinelli he would have won over McAuliffe. Democrats hold together regardless of their differences. Some Republican voters always tend to vote to make a statement and always end up loosing. They just can't seem to find unity in purpose to defeat the Democrats.
In 1992 during the Bush/Clinton run for president Ross Perot entered the race as a 3rd party candidate. My wife and I did not favor Bush or Clinton. We told our son, who is fairly astute in politics, we intended to vote for Perot. He told us we would only elect Clinton. We voted for Perot as a protest vote and Clinton won. Had only a few of the Perot voters voted for Bush he would have won instead of Clinton. So, we were stuck with eight years of Clinton. We learned a hard lesson. A lesson Republicans never seem to learn.
McAuliffe (D) . . . . 47.4%
Cuccinelli (R) . . . . 46.0%
Sarvis (L) . . . . . . . 6.6%
If only half the 6.6% that voted for Sarvis would have voted for Cuccinelli he would have won over McAuliffe. Democrats hold together regardless of their differences. Some Republican voters always tend to vote to make a statement and always end up loosing. They just can't seem to find unity in purpose to defeat the Democrats.
In 1992 during the Bush/Clinton run for president Ross Perot entered the race as a 3rd party candidate. My wife and I did not favor Bush or Clinton. We told our son, who is fairly astute in politics, we intended to vote for Perot. He told us we would only elect Clinton. We voted for Perot as a protest vote and Clinton won. Had only a few of the Perot voters voted for Bush he would have won instead of Clinton. So, we were stuck with eight years of Clinton. We learned a hard lesson. A lesson Republicans never seem to learn.
posted by Donald G Davidson at 10:25 PM
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The Republican Party is wrecking itself by not calling out the likes of Michelle Bachman, Sarah Palin, and other radical right wingers. They thump their bibles pretending to follow Jesus, then vote to cut food stamps for innocent children, while wanting to reduce taxes on the very wealthy in our country. Republican Senators have said a woman couldn't get pregnant by a rape, because her body system would shut down, and even if she got pregnant, it was a blessing from God. This kind of thing is what's wrecking the Grand Obstructionist Party.
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