Deeds, Democrats and Massachusetts Defeat
By Brian Kirwin | Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 | PoliticsHere come the talking points, and I’m getting a little tired of the press and the Democrats covering up what’s really going on.
“Even before the first results were announced, administration officials were privately accusing Coakley of a poorly run campaign…” (Virginian-Pilot)
Remember what the press and Democrats were saying as Bob McDonnell gave Creigh Deeds the electoral beating of his life? Tim Kaine and Obama criticizing how he ran his campaign, as if it mattered?
I sat on WHRO’s What Matters as the Virginian-Pilot editorial chief proclaimed that McDonnell ran an excellent campaign, and Deeds ran the worst campaign he had ever seen.
I didn’t make the comment then, mainly because I had other points I wanted to focus on, but when journalists compliment Republicans, take it with a pillar of salt.
And now that Massachusetts has sent a Republican to sit where Teddy Kennedy ruled for decades, out come the excuses about the Democrat who lost having run a bad campaign.
Hogwash!
The voters did not agree with the Democrats! That’s the point! Blaming it on whether or not a campaign was run well is their excuse to keep pushing the failed agenda. This is the same party that lost 49 states in 1984 and refused to admit that Ronald Reagan had a mandate from the people.
So, the next time the media or Democrats (someone needs to invent a word that means both, since their circles are pretty much concentric) tries to pawn off their lame “it was a poorly run campaign” excuse, I pledge, and you should too, to refuse to accept it for anything more than a dodge.
It was their agenda that was rejected.
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The right wants to jeer him. The left wants to censor him. Moderates usually want both. Brian Kirwin is a political consultant and public relations strategist in Virginia Beach with a lightning-rod flair. Brian also serves on the VB Arts & Humanities Commission and frequently appears on Hampton Roads theatrical stages, if only to prove that all actors aren’t liberals. Kirwin’s columns stir up debate and hit the political scene with no punches pulled.
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9 Responses to "Deeds, Democrats and Massachusetts Defeat"
Hogwash, indeed!
Yes. But don’t look for too much soul-searching from the Democrats. They will be too shattered, too offended, by Kennedy’s seat being taken back so decisively by the people. It takes a lot of humility to begin thinking, after such a defeat, “Maybe we were wrong.”
I loved listening to Matthews and Maddow last night on MSNBC insist that this election result means that the Dems MUST pass the health care bill. You start to wonder if the Dems have a death wish or something. I almost hope they try it.
Democrats fully intend on moving forward with this thing. The best thing Republicans could do is propose an alternative health care plan…even if it’s dusting off the one they tried to propose last summer.
Barack “The Brick” sinks another candidate!
Virginia Democrats must distance themselves from the political disaster known as, Barack Obama, as fast as they can, or go down along with, the Brick!
“Pants on the Ground! Pants on the Ground! Democrats Down,
Drinks all Around, Tea Parties Abound! Drinks All Around!
Pants on the Ground!”
with credit to American Idol and reverence for Bret Farve and the Vikings!
Now that the lights have been turned on, Democrat roaches are scurrying for the nearest hiding place. Some of them are for the first time peeking out from hiding and realizing in amazement that they are employed by the people and that their seats are not birth rights or union jobs. We will see moderate and “independent” Democrats pull to the center for self preservation and try to throw the weaklings under the bus. As this Democratic centrist movement evolves, some of our HR District races in Virginia will become interesting and challenging for Republican candidates.
Yes, but Jesus Christ could come back and endorse your run, but if you have a non-existent campaign, and can’t get the word out, you would still lose. This election was close enough that a better campaign would have mattered. Virginia now, that was a done deal, McDonnell was (probably) going to win, and there wasn’t much that Deeds could do.
And what do the Republicans take away from this result? I’m already seeing their heads beginning to swell, much as the Dems did not so long ago. I’m not convinced they ‘get it’ any better than the Dems do. Many of the comments in various MA blogs and news articles post-election clearly pointed out that the crap both parties have been pulling is not going to wash any longer. RENO is the new people’s mantra, and both parties had better be listening.
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