The primary. Amazing.
Posted By TomInReston on June 30, 2009
While I had my secret preferences, I stayed neutral in the statewide races in the Virginia primary, mostly because I thought we had a half -dozen excellent candidates — three for governor, two for LG and one for AG. You could have shuffled them a number of ways and felt good about the outcome. That Creigh Deeds won by the margin he did was simply amazing.
Now that it’s over, I confess I’m very pleased with the way it all turned out. I first met Creigh Deeds during his star-crossed run for AG in 2005, when I had just begun to be active in local politics. I was impressed then, and as I’ve met him many times since and talked to him, I have grown to respect him as a man and as a politician.
Jody Wagner is a finance geek. he’s not going to inspire the kind of fanatical devotion that Hillary got in last year’s primaries, but she ha a technical grasp of the Commonwealth’s budget that will serve the governor well. And in these times, that’s a real virtue.
And then there is Steve Shannon. He’s got a lot of work to do to get statewide name recognition, but nobody will out-campaign him.Steve is a straight up guy, has all the right experience and values, and would be a terrific AG.
He’s got one other advantage: Ken Cuccinelli, his opponent, is so far right of center that if you look out the corner of your left eye, you can just make out the back of his head. On top of that, Cuccinelli is flat out weird when he opens his mouth. You Tube may never be the same.
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