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the republican party seems that has to have dug its own grave in Virginia where
it has completely collapsed as politics USA is reporting
a year ago republicans had the governor's office
the lieutenant governor's office and the attorney general's office in virginia in
2012
Virginia Republican Governor Bob McDonnell was considered a
strong potential running mate Mitt Romney's he's fallen quite far from
grace and his next
home might be a jail cell after he is now
embroiled in a a scandal we also have
Ken Cuccinelli and I'm sorry we we also had the Republican Party
had a chance for a small measure up redemption when it comes to not losing
all of their important seats the democrats
but it didn't work there was a special election to fill
the attorney general seed previously held by Mark
herring party control love the state Senate also at stake
and the republicans had an opportunity to stop the bleeding didn't work
although virginia's thirty-third Senate district leans Democratic
republicans were hopeful that they would be able to have strong turnout in this
special election
voters said no democrat Jennifer wax 10
coasted to a resounding 53 to 30-7 victory
over the republican John whitbeck
Jo thi mai a former Republican
running as an independent got the remaining 10 percent
republicans do you still hold a majority in the state lower house
but the victory gives Democrats control love the upper chamber
Louis I am interested by what's happening in Virginia
but also this drastic turnaround is giving me some hope for the possibility
of Texas going blue
and if texas goes blue it is going to be
absolutely devastating for the republican party
you're right its big-ip I think we did say that we are seeing the country move
a move to the left on social issues in general
and hopefully that's enough to turn Texas blue
within I don't know maybe eight to ten years that so
yet could be a reasonable time frame certain if you consider the changing
demographics increased Hispanic immigration and boaters who worse
hispanic would tend to vote democratic all very possible