Amateur Hour in the 7th District
By Ward Smythe | Monday, October 25th, 2010 | Politics
Eric Cantor has his faults. Losing elections isn’t one of them.
Throughout this campaign cycle we’ve heard little more from Democrat Rick Waugh and Independent Floyd Bayne than cries of “Cantor debate?” And while the argument could be made that it would have been the gentlemanly thing for Cantor to do, neither Mr. Waugh nor Mr. Bayne have given any credible reason as to why voters would want to hear them debate.
“Vote for me because Eric won’t talk to me” is not a winning campaign slogan.
And their latest attack isn’t going to win them votes either.
Cantor’s opponents criticize ‘victory tour’ rally
Richmond Times Dispatch
Waugh and Bayne’s campaigns expressed disbelief that Cantor’s camp is claiming victory more than a week before the midterm elections.
Oh. Good. Grief.
Is this all they’ve got left? Do they really expect for Cantor to go on a “let’s cross our fingers” tour?
Campaigns have done this for years. The last district swing of the weekend is almost universally called a “Victory Tour.” Heck, I’ve been on “Victory Tours” when our own internals showed us down 20 pts. or more.
But then, let’s be real. Who in their right mind would predict that Cantor would lose?
Maybe Mr. Waugh and Mr. Bayne just need to take a couple of victory laps of their own and burn off some pent up frustration.
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Ward Smythe is a pseudonymous aspiring freelance writer from Central Virginia. Until late 2007 Ward blogged at the now defunct "Ward View" and was active in Virginia and national politics. Ward's signature style of snarkery gained him a unique following that he hopes to regain here at Bearing Drift. Ward uses humor, satire and sometimes photoshop to make his point. Ward is proud to be an equal opportunity offender.
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6 Responses to "Amateur Hour in the 7th District"
Eric Cantor will win (mostly) because of the same reason Bobby Scott will win – ridiculously prejudiced gerrymandering.
I certainly would’ve liked to see a debate between the three of them. It’s always fun to watch Representative Cantor squirm when he can’t figure out the answer to civil liberties and free market-related questions.
I will vote for an amateur like Rick Waugh or Floyd Bayne over a career politican, who has an undistinguished career in congress. 7th
District voters know he stands for more economic trauma- 2 terms of Bush/Cantor Policies got us where we are today and if you want to see more of nothing done, giving our tax dollars to Israel and 2 unecessary wars, bailouts of banks and his wife and
You like the fact that he is the most bough and
Paid for congressman ever
I will vote for an amateur like Rick Waugh or Floyd Bayne over a career politican, who has an undistinguished career in congress. 7th
District voters know he stands for more economic trauma- 2 terms of Bush/Cantor Policies got us where we are today and if you want to see more of nothing done, giving our tax dollars to Israel and 2 unecessary wars, bailouts of banks and his wife while main street is on its’
I will vote for an amateur like Rick Waugh or Floyd Bayne over a career politican, who has an undistinguished career in congress. 7th
District voters know he stands for more economic trauma- 2 terms of Bush/Cantor Policies got us where we are today and if you want to see more of nothing done, giving our tax dollars to Israel and 2 unecessary wars, bailouts of banks and his wife while main street and the middle class die, then vote for him instead of your future, your families future, the worlds future and the U.S.A’s future,
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I worked the polls from 6-8 this morning in the 7th district. Voter turnout was pretty heavy. There was a line at 6:00 of about 40 people waiting to get in and be the first to cast their votes.
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