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Published Tuesday, November 3, 2009
If you’ve got a home telephone, there’s a good chance you heard from Gov. Tim Kaine during the past couple of weeks. Or maybe Mike Huckabee or even Sarah Palin called you at dinnertime.
The so-called robo-calls were just part of the madness of a hard-fought gubernatorial campaign that was highlighted by a spate of television-based mudslinging and attracted the interest of politicos from around the nation. Virginia, it was said, could be a bellwether of President Barack Obama’s political support after nearly a year in office.
Next year’s midterm elections will tell the story of that support, but politics — and more importantly the business of governing the commonwealth of Virginia — must go on in the interim.
With nasty little exchanges in state races from the gubernatorial level all the way down to the House of Delegates, it’s hard sometimes to imagine that the folks who end up in Richmond are able to set aside their differences and hurt feelings and then sit up straight and do the people’s business. In fact, Virginia’s General Assembly is proof of the mixed results that elected officials have in moving beyond the ugliness of their campaigns.
This year, however, with issues on the table that are of towering significance to Virginia — transportation, the economy, unemployment and the like — citizens can hope that their leaders are big enough to set aside the pettiness and get to work. Nobody should sacrifice their core principles on the altar of conviviality, but voters will expect their representatives to be more than just obstructions to progress.
Virginia voters want their state government to participate in finding solutions to the problems that plague the state. Now that the election is over, it’s time for those who will be headed to Richmond in January to begin figuring out how they will work together to provide those solutions.
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Posted by OD (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 2:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Kaine is a lame duck gov-nor. He will devote much of his remaining time concentrating on the DNC work. What you might expect to see is a bunch of pardons to criminals. Liberals finest hours are but a few left.Virginia and Virginians can start the healing process now.
Posted by am (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 8:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Wow, not since the campaign of Mary Sue Terry have I seen the Democratic Party abandon ship like they did in this race. Deeds didn't want to campaign with Kaine, didn't want Kaine stumping for him, and didn't want Obama in the commonwealth until the last possible moment. Heck, even Wilder refused to endorse Deeds. Was he that poor a candidate or was it the anti-Democratic backlash?
Posted by OD (anonymous) on November 5, 2009 at 5:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Great points and question am.
Posted by OD (anonymous) on November 6, 2009 at 12:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I ask this if Tim Kaine is the gov-nor and being paid by us, is he being paid by the demits to be Chairman of the DNC as well? Something to think abt in regards to responsibilities and possible conflicts over time allotment for performance for both jobs?
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