I planned to, until I realized I'm a huge moron and didn't change my voter registration address in time. Briefly considered an AM trip to Harrisonburg to vote, but decided that would be beyond drastic and not worth the carbon emissions. Anyways, I figured a blog would be a good place to put in my two cents. Oops, two posts old and I'm already bringing my politics into it.
Looks like it's official, Creigh Deeds will be the Virginia Democratic candidate for Governor. I guess I thought Terry McAuliffe had it solidly in the bag with all the big Democratic powerhouse endorsements, so I too did a bit of a double-take when Deeds snatched up the backing of the Washington Post. My mis-read of the sitch could be in large part due to the fact that I pretty much drink the Northern Virginia Kool-aid and McAuliffe, a McLean (woo!) guy seemed to dominate my gmail inbox and local median strips. A businessman, he seemed, in the words of his commercials, cut from the same cloth as Virginia Democrats Warner and Kaine. But I think Politico has it right:
"In a primary process where only committed activists tend to vote, the endorsement apparently helped give the otherwise obscure Deeds a second look in the vote-rich Washington suburbs and helped bolster his claim that he would be the most electable Democrat in the fall."
Thus my anxiety over not changing my address soon enough was a little relieved. Suddenly conflicted and increasingly annoyed at the McAuliffe mass emails, I came to terms with yielding to other blue-state Virginians to do the picking. Deed's moderate appeal statewide is a definite bonus-- this factor can be easily underestimated in the lovely liberal bastion of Northern Virginia.
I'm just looking to keep Virginia nice and blue da ba dee da ba die. I'm satisfied with the Deeds pick, and admittedly, I have to read up on him and see what he's all about. But first, I'm going to change the address on my voter registration...and request that absentee ballot so I get my say in November.
2 comments:
Hey its Ian!! I wanted to be your first blog comment, you may have inspired me to make my own.
Being involved in local/state politics is important, and too many people lack interest on any level other than presidential elections (if that). You think VA will vote dem this time around?
I hopeeee VA goes dem for a 3rd gov in a row. And yes I think you should get a blog too!! Good seeing you yesterday and I am very pleased to have a comment!! :)
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