Comments on: 2006 Winners And Losers http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/ Blog-Fu for Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park politics. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:38:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: The Skeptic http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4125 The Skeptic Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:47:17 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4125 MA could have strongly influenced more and particularly minority voters, encouraging them to support the REPUBLICAN side of the House and Senate. BIG LESSON learned! Allen missed the boat on this after September. Family values is like apple pie. It crosses party lines and would have been the best tool in rallying old and new supporters to the poles. My pet peeve with this is that we emphasize CHRISTIAN values when FAMILY values are strong in all faiths, including Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish etc. Lacking the sensitivity of that can profoundly create the opposite effect and turn people away. We must demonstrate the separation of the Fundamentalist or Evangelical RIGHT so it will not take away from the real Conservative / GOP base. We must WIN in 2008! Perhaps we should begin by respecting all faiths at PWCGOP meetings and no longer use Jesus Christ in name during the Committee meetings Invocation? MA could have strongly influenced more and particularly minority voters, encouraging them to support the REPUBLICAN side of the House and Senate. BIG LESSON learned! Allen missed the boat on this after September.

Family values is like apple pie. It crosses party lines and would have been the best tool in rallying old and new supporters to the poles. My pet peeve with this is that we emphasize CHRISTIAN values when FAMILY values are strong in all faiths, including Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish etc. Lacking the sensitivity of that can profoundly create the opposite effect and turn people away. We must demonstrate the separation of the Fundamentalist or Evangelical RIGHT so it will not take away from the real Conservative / GOP base. We must WIN in 2008!

Perhaps we should begin by respecting all faiths at PWCGOP meetings and no longer use Jesus Christ in name during the Committee meetings Invocation?

]]> By: Greg L http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4097 Greg L Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:51:22 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4097 Had we done a better job of making clear to the voters how the candidates stood in regards to the MA, the outcome could have been significantly different. As it were, many of us were unsure whether it would have coattails and didn't make this as front-and-center as perhaps we should have. I'm not sure if it would have swayed all that many, but we didn't need to change a lot as it turned out. This is one of those cases where what RPV did or should have known never filtered down to the foot soldiers doing the work. Had we done a better job of making clear to the voters how the candidates stood in regards to the MA, the outcome could have been significantly different. As it were, many of us were unsure whether it would have coattails and didn’t make this as front-and-center as perhaps we should have.

I’m not sure if it would have swayed all that many, but we didn’t need to change a lot as it turned out. This is one of those cases where what RPV did or should have known never filtered down to the foot soldiers doing the work.

]]> By: Andy H http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4089 Andy H Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:39:24 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4089 The secular progressive thing I'm a bit unsure about. The MA did pass but we swept aside many R's for D's. The upshot of the MA passing but the election of the SP folks means that the SP agenda gets advanced at the national level. At least, that's my initial thought on the matter.... The secular progressive thing I’m a bit unsure about. The MA did pass but we swept aside many R’s for D’s. The upshot of the MA passing but the election of the SP folks means that the SP agenda gets advanced at the national level. At least, that’s my initial thought on the matter….

]]> By: Loudoun Insider http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4085 Loudoun Insider Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:23:28 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4085 Of course we would all love to have a Chapman lawsuit update! Of course we would all love to have a Chapman lawsuit update!

]]> By: Greg L http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4084 Greg L Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:22:13 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4084 Kenton, you may have a point about the hard left nationally, but I'm restricting the scope to Virginia. I don't follow national trends as much as the more local stuff. There's plenty of others out there who talk about the bigger picture, but few who cover the close-to-home stuff. And Russ, thanks a bunch. You've got a share of that, too. Kenton, you may have a point about the hard left nationally, but I’m restricting the scope to Virginia. I don’t follow national trends as much as the more local stuff. There’s plenty of others out there who talk about the bigger picture, but few who cover the close-to-home stuff.

And Russ, thanks a bunch. You’ve got a share of that, too.

]]> By: RHarrison http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4082 RHarrison Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:49:03 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4082 While Greg is too modest to mention it, there was one other winner this election - BVBL. The coverage Greg provided for the 50th District was more comprehensive, more astute and more timely than anything provided anywhere else. This includes the MJM, which chose not to cover several big campaign events on its doorstep (literally across the street in a few cases). If you want to find out the political situation in PWC or Manassas, you have to read Greg's website. While Greg is too modest to mention it, there was one other winner this election - BVBL. The coverage Greg provided for the 50th District was more comprehensive, more astute and more timely than anything provided anywhere else. This includes the MJM, which chose not to cover several big campaign events on its doorstep (literally across the street in a few cases).

If you want to find out the political situation in PWC or Manassas, you have to read Greg’s website.

]]> By: Kenton Ngo http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4080 Kenton Ngo Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:34:12 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2006/11/10/2006-winners-and-losers/#comment-4080 On a larger scale, I have to say the "hard left" did rather well. Publicly, DNC leadership is saying that this is a centrist victory, which is only partially true. Moderate Republicans were not only swept out in New England, they were thumped by Democrats who weren't exactly moderate (New Hampshire's 1st District is a good example) as Republicans out in the Rockies and the Midwest were taken out by moderates. The end of the Republican moderate arrived on Tuesday north of the Mason-Dixon. The revolt of the centrists against conservatism has swept liberals into power. On a larger scale, I have to say the “hard left” did rather well. Publicly, DNC leadership is saying that this is a centrist victory, which is only partially true. Moderate Republicans were not only swept out in New England, they were thumped by Democrats who weren’t exactly moderate (New Hampshire’s 1st District is a good example) as Republicans out in the Rockies and the Midwest were taken out by moderates. The end of the Republican moderate arrived on Tuesday north of the Mason-Dixon. The revolt of the centrists against conservatism has swept liberals into power.

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