I know that Feldbush (a good candidate that even brought over lots of Independents and Republicans) didn’t get the support from two of the three committees that were in his district! He even did better than Kaine in some of the district’s precincts!

Until the DPVA takes an interest in supporting Democratic candidates, Virginia will continue to be Republican. I’ll take a bet on it!

Er…I thought that was the purpose of political parties…to find, nominate, and elect members of their party, ie. Win Elections.

What this shows me is that the Dems are not immune to a little infighting themselves. A similar struggle has been going on in the PWCGOP, between conservatives and moderates. From the resignations of Harrison and Bras, it appears that the more moderate elements of the PWCDC have won. This, along with the election results of the last ten years, should demonstrate that the voters of PWC reject liberalism, preferring moderates and conservatives.

Now if Jacobsen and Westhof would leave too, the Dems might have a shot at a local election.

And yes, that Dion is a homosexual is “out there.” So is the fact that he lied to the BSA — explicitly or implicitly — by assuming the role of Cub Scout Pack leader notwithstanding his homosexual behavior.

Perhaps you’ve managed to mainstream perversion north of the Occoquan, but there’s a whole lot of Virginia south of the Occoquan that disagrees. Vehemently.

Occoquan voters simply didn’t prefer Jeff Dion over Mike May. That’s the inescapable conclusion that some PWC dems just cannot accept, believing that it’s all John Jenkins and Hilda Barg’s fault somehow.

And that’s fine with me. Don’t listen to dems who actually know how to win. I like having my picture in the paper attending victory parties — my kids get a real kick out of it.

Ah, that sounds like James Young indeed!

James, the idea the Jeff’s campaign was “out there” is just silly and untrue and you know it. What you thought was “out there” was that Jeff is a gay man.

Jeff’s issues were very mainstream and well-received. As usual in a slightly GOP leaning district special election, poor Democratic turnout led to a Republican win. This was obviously won, and lost, on the ground.

It does seem like the PWCDC has some major soul searching and building to do, but I hope you GOPers continue to be so cocky, because you certainly shouldn’t be. There is no mistaking that the blue trend has crept south beyond the Occoquan River, and will continue to march south and west as the suburbs grow.

When the Democratic Party in PWC grows past their current pains, y’all better duck. They’re going to turn PWC blue. Question is, will it be in time for 2011 & redistricting?

Kind of like Milt Johns is doing such a great job representing Brenstville on the School Board now that he’s looking at bigger fish? As I understand it, he (and Lucy Beauchamps) failed to show at School of Excellence presentations in the Brentsville District, leaving the Area II Assc. Superintendent to read their remarks. Johns hasn’t been focused on Brentsville in years and I won’t be surprised if he sees the Chair position as just another stepping stone to bigger and better things (i.e., Marshall’s House seat should he run for Colgan’s Senate seat or get beat by Roemelt).

Political posturing just to get elected is not limited to Prince William Democrats. It seems to be endemic among all politicians.

This sentence says it all. Instead of being concerned about the actual issues that concern voters, the dems are apparently only interested in winning elections. They still haven’t figured out that voters support candidates who have demonstated their commitment to public service and who run on an actual platform that is based on something more than just party affiliation. People who are interested in their community only while they are running for office do not make good candidates.

These electeds continue to believe the future of the party is centered on the Eastern part of the county and they continue to want to focus on this small segment of the county electorate. (Woodbridge and Neabsco as their base contain very few votes)Pandak was clobbered in November because she had Jenkins, Barg, Cram, and others as her campaign team. Vic and I continually tried to push Pandak to focus on the central and western precints, and more heavily on the growth issue, to no avail and thus a huge defeat.

As long as these 3 field their backward thinking candidates and continue to focus on small Democratic precincts in the east, the Democratic party in PWC is doomed.

Uh, Barg WAS a candidate for House of Delegates in ‘05 and SHE lost, so it seems that her support and that of her colleagues wouldn’t make much of a difference for any Democrat candidate for the House in PWC. There was no limiting or withholding of support for Hilda in her race.