That what’s Public Policy Polling and Survey USA are now forecasting.
Pick your poison.
The Post had Deeds down by 11 this morning.
It’s worse in Public Policy Polling and Survey USA.
SUSA has him down by 17 and PPP by 15.
The entire tickets is down double digits in the latter two polls.
If the polls results are anywhere near accurate, the reverberations will be felt for a long time, in Virginia and elsewhere.
Democrats are now talking about how many seats they’re likely to lose in the House of Delegates.
If the Republicans can hold Cuccinelli’s seat in the Senate, they’ll immediately start the process of recruiting a defector or finding the right Democrat who might be interested in a job in the McDonnell administration.
Turn the Senate red.
Just in time for redistricting.
While Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress will place a big loss squarely on Deeds’ shoulders, they won’t quite get away that easily.
Moderate and conservative congressional Democrats everywhere will start running scared.
The whispers of the cleats-sharpened gang in Washington that Tim Kaine is too cerebral and not a good fit for DNC Chair will become louder.
Public Policy Polling says that Democrats have become less not more engaged in the election during the last few weeks.
Almost every Democrat, from Obama on down, has an interest in reversing this trend.
But right now it’s an open question
Whether they can do anything about it.
Kaine too cerebral? I probably wouldn’t use that word to describe the Governor. I might be more forgiving, but his behavior during the transportation special session was completely reprehensible except to Republicans. He provided no leadership and let the two Democratic caucuses propose two different transportation plans which were light years better than his own half-assed plan which seemed design to create pressure to put him on the ticket.
He allowed the Delegate candidates to do nothing while the Governor’s race reached its end, leaving the top of ticket with basically no organization state wide.
Democrats, even atheists ones, should pray to some sort of divinity that Kaine is forced out of the DNC soon.
Don’t forget about Stolle’s seat. R’s need to hold both Ken’s and Stolle’s.
Excellent point
Early betting for this year’s Charlie Waddell?
Ed Houck. Personally moderate, has a seat the Republicans would certainly pick up without him in it.
However, Democrats should be able to win Cuccinelli seat, if it comes to that, to forestall this effort.
It would be easier for the Republicans to take the Senate back if Cuccinelli DID NOT win.