Virginia is for lovers…and conservatives
Referendum #1 on the extreme Obama agenda.
The state that voted to elect Barack Obama by a margin of 6 percentage points churned out a election day slaughter in favor of the Republican candidate Bob McDonnell.
In Virginia, McDonnell won by big margins in rapidly growing, far-flung Washington, D.C., suburbs — places like Loudoun and Prince William counties — that Republicans historically have won but where Obama prevailed last fall by winning over independents and swing voters. Republicans swept all three statewide Virginia offices up for election: governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
“Bob McDonnell’s victory gives Republicans tremendous momentum heading into 2010,” declared Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican Governors Association. “His focus on ideas and pocketbook issues will serve as a model for Republicans running next year.”
McDonnell the GOP candidate won by a staggering 58%-41% margin over challenger R. Creigh Deeds, despite President Obama campaigning for Deeds in the final weeks leading up to the election.
McDonnell won on conservative values, free market ideas, and individual liberties. In his victory speech he noted his Reagan Republican ideals.
Conservatism wins in Virginia.
Somewhere tonight, George Washington is smiling down on the Commonwealth.
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