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Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-02 08:48|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1811 views ] Top
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1 They should have gone with Winsome Earle-Sears the former Marine.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-02 08:52|| 2026-02-02 08:52|| Front Page Top

2 ...yeah, but the Left is racist.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-02-02 10:56|| 2026-02-02 10:56|| Front Page Top

3 I have no doubt that Abigail Spanberger is going to try and run for President in 2028 or at least the VP slot.

Posted by Chantry 2026-02-02 13:19|| 2026-02-02 13:19|| Front Page Top

4 GOP is not reading the room and is forcing sub-par milquetoast diversity candidates on us. Winsome Earle-Sears was uninspiring and couldnt get people off the couch.

OH, FL, VA - GOP keeps pushing candidates that the only reason people have to vote for them is that they are not commies --- which does not motivate the base to get out to vote!

If Trump lost Virginia by five points in 2024, how the hell did they think Winsome Earle-Sears was going to get more people out to vote?

Because she wasnt a Dem! Because she was a marine. That was her platform. The entire VA GOP should resign in shame. It is not rocket science. GOP needs to push candidates that the base identifies with. GOP runs polls and Winsome Earle-Sears never had a good one. She trailed by double digits since the time she announced. No one should be surprised she lost.

Posted by mossomo 2026-02-02 14:01|| 2026-02-02 14:01|| Front Page Top

5 The other problems in VA, is that the two or three counties bordering DC and Maryland are very populated and very blue. They decide elections, just like NYC decides elections in NY. Also the rest of the red counties and many of the politicians are very religious. It makes finding a candidate that can win at the state level difficult for the GOP. (My father lived in VA and I got to see how very different the rest of VA was compared to the blue counties.

Posted by Chantry 2026-02-02 16:24|| 2026-02-02 16:24|| Front Page Top

6 Earle-Sears was not lackluster, but she was backed by Trump and not backed by the local Republicans, so …

Posted by Glenmore 2026-02-02 16:55|| 2026-02-02 16:55|| Front Page Top

7 Earle-Sears went anti-Trump in 2022. She was also "fundamentally non-serious". Can we all stop pretending black women have any business serving in any position of authority?

Posted by Crusader 2026-02-02 23:26|| 2026-02-02 23:26|| Front Page Top

8 Which begs the question: Why are there so many places where the Republican Party doesn't have a great pool of candidates?

Posted by Crusader 2026-02-02 23:39|| 2026-02-02 23:39|| Front Page Top

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