Comments on: A big win http://www.7-west.org/2007/11/07/a-big-win/ The Virginia General Assembly from the perspective of 7 West. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: bye bye GOP http://www.7-west.org/2007/11/07/a-big-win/comment-page-1/#comment-1297 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:15:31 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/2007/11/07/a-big-win/#comment-1297 A primary is not a crucible? Obviously you guys have not been in a primary fight.

]]> By: Doug in Mount Vernon http://www.7-west.org/2007/11/07/a-big-win/comment-page-1/#comment-1285 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:09:19 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/2007/11/07/a-big-win/#comment-1285 others didn’t = others WHO didn’t

has = had

Proofreading is my friend…

]]> By: Doug in Mount Vernon http://www.7-west.org/2007/11/07/a-big-win/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:06:26 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/2007/11/07/a-big-win/#comment-1284 Kris, indeed, it was a real knock-down knuckle-dragger for these folks.

One thought–I sure hope that some of the really great candidates who didn’t quite make it (and there were quite a few of those) will think hard about running again in 2009. Especially folks like Tomer, Frank, etc. downstate who really came close, and even people like Brennan, Del Toro, and others didn’t fare as well as expected–learning something from every loss is important, and can always be put to use next time around.

Then, there’s the folks like Jay Donahue, Mike Breiner, Karen Schultz, Albert Pollard, and especially Janet Oleszek who lost heartbreakingly close elections.

We could have been looking at a much larger majority in the Senate, and only a few-seat deficit in the House has a few thousand more votes been swung, or more turned out in a few key races.

All in all, we have a lot to build upon.

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