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Jun. 10th, 2009 09:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerI hadn't commented on the gubernatorial primary before, but I'm glad (though surprised) that Deeds won. I think it's far more likely that he will get elected than McAuliffe (or even Moran), and that is important. I think he's going to resonate a lot more with Virginia voters in the general election that someone who's identified more with the farther-left portion of the party.And while I don't see Virginia as being a critical bellwether state, it's being hyped that way by a media that has temporarily run out of scandals and horse-races, so it's best to hold onto it if possible.
Plus I really think Deeds is part of the new attempt at bipartisanship, or at least less violently partisan politics, that is typified by many of the "new" Southern Democrasts and that Obama reached out for in his campaign. If we're going to survive the next 50 years with anything like a polity, this country needs to reject the bitterness that was the hallmark of the Republican Right over the last 8+ years and that some Democrats have been adopting. An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, as the bumper stickers say.
Plus I really think Deeds is part of the new attempt at bipartisanship, or at least less violently partisan politics, that is typified by many of the "new" Southern Democrasts and that Obama reached out for in his campaign. If we're going to survive the next 50 years with anything like a polity, this country needs to reject the bitterness that was the hallmark of the Republican Right over the last 8+ years and that some Democrats have been adopting. An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, as the bumper stickers say.
