Wednesday, November 04, 2009

HORSERACE

Remember, Nobody Knows Anything Until the Voters Have Their Say

I love how every Election Day gives us some new way of completely obliterating the conventional wisdom: spending $110 million on your campaign for mayor guarantees a big win; high turnout in Maine for a gay-marriage referendum is good news for gay-marriage proponents; the inner-city vote in New Jersey's cities will always find enough votes to put a Democrat over the top.

Finally, it was widely accepted that a deeply conservative candidate like Ken Cuccinelli couldn't be competitive in northern Virginia. The editorial board of the Washington Post declared him part of the "far-right fringe" and a "bigot" who would be an "embarrassment" as attorney general. He got more than 47 percent in Fairfax County, 49.5 percent in Fairfax City, 58 percent in Loudoun County, 56 percent in Prince William County, 60 percent in Manassas City and Manassas Park City.

11/04 09:49 AMShare