Looking at the main page of Virginia Virtucon, I noticed the stark contrast between the number of endorsements McDonnell has and the endorsements that Deeds has. If you read the edorsements for Deeds, they show a definite lack of support for the candidate they chose:
Bob McDonnell
Washington Times
Sun Gazette Arlington
Sun Gazette (McLean, Vienna, Oakton and Great Falls)
News & Messenger (Prince William County)
Daily Press (Newport News)
The Winchester Star (no longer a working link)
Loudoun Times-Mirror
Harrisonburg Daily News-Record
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star
Creigh Deeds
The Virginian Pilot endorsement is huge. In 2005, they endorsed McDonald, the “local” guy. Also, the VP is in the VA Beach-Norfolk area which has horrendous traffic problems. Economic development community and other thinking people know that Deeds has experience and credibility on transpo issues in the General Assembly. McDonald’s big ideas of paying for roads by stripping public education, privatizing liquor stores (a huge source of revenue for VA state gov’t) and putting tolls on I 85 and I 95 would never pass the General Assembly.
Deeds may pull this out yet. Educated women voters are scared to death of McDonald’s views. This endorsement, the one in Roanoke, and also in South Boston, VA (deeply conservative southern part of the state) all tell me that support for Deeds is stronger than the pollsters know.
Marsha-
First, it’s McDonnell. And I don’t know why you say “local”. He represented the Hampton Roads area for 14 years before 2005.
Second, Deeds has done literally nothing to help traffic problems while in the General Assembly. A locality in his own district (Charlottesville) was given millions to construct a bypass for Route 29 years ago that has yet to surface. They’ve just squandered that money away in the liberal Central VA stronghold. Heard any mention about that by Deeds? No.
Third, you’ve got the Deeds talking points about McD’s transportation plan down, don’t you? His plan won’t strip public education…it would actually fund K-12 education more if you actually have read it. Furthermore, if ABC stores were privatized, I can bet you there would still be an incredibly viable safeguard put in to assure a source of revenue would still be associated with the industry and that it wouldn’t just be a one time “injection.”
Fourth, educated women voters are not scared to death of McDonnell’s views. I know him personally and he has no bigoted views against women whatsoever and women all over my area will flock to vote for him. Only liberals are “scared to death” of him and the only leg they have to stand on is a decades old paper.
Fifth, while the Pilot may be a viable endorsement in the HR area, The Roanoke Times and the Washington Post are jokes of an endorsement if I’ve ever seen one. The views of biased editorial boards and the views of the electorate are two very different things…I can guarantee that the only thing Deeds will pull out on Election Day is a foot out of his mouth.