# McAuliffe Virginia's new Governor **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 6, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216 "2013-11-06T04:06:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216/101 "2013-12-19T17:44:01Z")
This was the first time in 32 years that Virginia didn’t elect a governor from the opposite party of the President. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216/102 "2013-12-19T19:17:32Z")
Hopefully a preview of 2014, where Dems should retain their majorities and cut into if not flip GOP majorities ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216/103 "2013-12-20T00:11:34Z")
> [@](#): > > This was the first time in 32 years that Virginia didn’t elect a governor from the opposite party of the President. These kinds of precedents [don’t mean as much as you’d think](http://xkcd.com/1122/). ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216/104 "2013-12-21T00:46:15Z")
Apparently, the idiot political telemarketers can’t be bothered to filter their lists so they only call people who are actually **in** the 33rd district. Three calls today, and no doubt more of the same for another month… :rolleyes: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![NotfooledbyW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216/105 "2013-12-21T15:49:10Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > I am the target demographic for Cuccinelli. Pro-life; life member of the NRA; evangelical; generally anti “tax and spend.” I like(d) him as Attorney General. > > I voted for Sarvis. Probably the first vote in my life for a non-Republican. > > Yes, it was a protest vote. > > Reasons > > 1. I don’t remember voting for Cuccinelli during the primary. Oh, that’s right! There WAS no primary b/c the geniuses in my party decided to ram through a non-viable candidate. Almost anyone should have been able to beat McAuliffe, who is a party shill, shady businessman, and from my perspective a horrible human being, and a joke as a candidate. > > I voted for Cuccinelli for Attorney General, NOT to be a candidate for another job. Especially a hand-picked one where the people who voted the first time didn’t have a chance to weigh in at the ballot box. > > So, STRIKE 1 > > 1. His stance on immigration. Yes, it tracks with the majority of the GOP these days, but it doesn’t make it right. I’m all for the DREAM Act and path toward citizenship and the like. Round-ups and deportation tearing families apart? I’m ashamed of my Party on this issue. > > So, STRIKE 2 > > 1. He made a campaign appearance with the idiot Ted Cruz. Anyone who stands with the idiot Ted Cruz does not get my vote. > > So STRIKE 3. > > You’re out. I love to hear an evangelical GOP voter call Ted Cruz an idiot. That is music to my ears. I too live in VA and proudly voted for McCauliffe because since moving to Va in 1999 I have lived through two fantastic Democrat governors who left this state in great shape to deal with the Great Bush recession of 2008. Then we got the Evangelical Republican Governor who was a miserable governor who it appears will be indicted after he and his allegedly gift laden wife exit the governor’s mansion. This is McCauliffe’s first run for political office and he has baggage his opponents would say because of his relationship with the Clinton’s. That slur is odd because President Clinton has a very impressive economic legacy for leaving office with several years of annual budget surpluses. McCauliffe is not going to turn Va into some kind of socialist agenda because he never intends to and the Democrat machinery in the state would not allow it if he did. He will put a stop to rural Virginian’s drive to put the government between a woman and her doctor and other social edicts. Cooch was nutty as they come on religion driven issues and the Lt Gov for republicans was a massive joke where I live in Northern Va. ---
**Author:** ![NotfooledbyW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216/106 "2013-12-21T16:07:18Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Terry McAuliffe was clearly inspired to re-enter politics by my cheerleading in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=671404) (no need to thank me) I will thank you. Merry Christmas too. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216/107 "2013-12-21T19:09:24Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Apparently, the idiot political telemarketers can’t be bothered to filter their lists so they only call people who are actually **in** the 33rd district. Three calls today, and no doubt more of the same for another month… :rolleyes: :mad: Why are they calling at all after the election? ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216/108 "2013-12-21T19:31:55Z")
> [@NotfooledbyW](#): > > I will thank you. Merry Christmas too. You’re most welcome and Merry Christmas to you too! Now, let me double down on that and point out that I’ve also predicted Terry McAuliffe to be the [next President](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16875396&postcount=8). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216.md?page=5)