Yeah I slept in, yesterday was a looong day.

More later. For now, let’s just say the American people have spoken.

Republicans said, I told you so.

Independents and those duped by Change We Can Believe in said, Can I have a do over ?

Sorry, hit “send” too soon … my point was, it fails to mention that Kaine is also the current governor of VA who helped CREATE the “state issues and circumstances” that got McDonnell elected. Too funny.

Stevens Miller is a sorry excuse for a man. What a dolt. Shame he did not have to resign from the Lo-Co BoS.

Hannity had an interesting segment last night, Frank Lutz was on with a group of Virginia voters. They indicated the primary reason they voted for McDonnell was jobs, the secondary reason, the economy. Sorry spinners, but jobs and the economy are not local issues. Virginia has not been hit as hard as other states with job loss, and if the Dems were soundly defeated here over jobs, what’s it going to be like for them in states with 10%+ unemployment ?

The commonly held belief is that jobs and the economy are strong issues for the Dems, but it would appear this myth has been busted without Jamie and Adam’s help. This is what I view as the Dems biggest loss in the VA races.

Believe the NJ victory covered the issues of out of control taxation. A tip of the hat to Garden State voters.

I suspect Kaine will be stepping down from the DNC after getting his butt kicked in his own backyard. If not, then they are in serious denial.

Thanks Virginia, for keeping union influence the hell out of here…

I think we have 21 Republican Senators. It looks the GOP has a majority in both houses? How red is that?

So I guess Miller’s loss means he will get his stench out of our district ?

Sorry Dulles, our gain appears to be your loss. We can send you a case of air fresheners if that’ll help..

Dans, he was already here, and that’s right where he should stay. He’s already GOT a job, and it’s damn time he started doing it for the whole district instead of the few who were helping him try to climb.

jacob,

I would tend to believe that Miller already has hung himself with this last escapade. Not finishing his term in office has to resonate poorly with his constituents.

You are correct though, there is still work to do, and at all levels. Politics is like chess, with one exception, in chess the game ends at checkmate.

In politics, this is where it resumes..

Even though I think it will be easy to let Miller hang himself politically, the R’s still need to find a good candidate to run against him. After getting Miller, I think the Dulles District will want better than the “any warm body will do” theory that seemed to prevail with many independents and republicans who voted to replace Snow. I know many people who didn’t vote FOR Miller, they voted to REPLACE Snow.

Dan, Friday works pretty good for me after about 7 or so. Next week I have more adventures to go on so it’s not so good.

ACJ, Dulles will be divided before 2011. It should have been divided before 07.

Miller, if he stays in the house he owns in Broadlands, will be running in a very different district if he runs at all.

Had he won in the 86th, or had he resigned for whatever reason, those jockeying for the seat were all from down here, some even scarier than Miller.

Start looking at redistricting, no matter where you live.

We have eight districts, and we don’t necessarily get to add a couple.

I have heard some talk of an attempt to combine Sterling and Sugarland Run in the next go-round, and there is always the jockeying for creative rural districts.

Depending on how Dulles is divided, Broad Run may end up surrounding part of Leesburg instead of Catoctin.

Who knows?

But for fun (and some really good scares) look up the plans that were reviewed before the last redistricting.

“Creative” is a charitable description for some.

Joe,

“Praise God”

Sheeez, I didn’t know God had anything to do with Virginia politics.

“Can we invite David Poisson”

Only if he buys the first three rounds G. After that, we won’t give a damn who is there…

50/50 chance I can make it Friday. I’ll know Fri pm.

Poisson can go to hell.

I can see the Loudoun Independent headline now: “Novatownhall Blog Arrested in DUI Sweep.” Barring that, please take the advice of Neighborhood Watch and do not leave anything of value in those vehicles abandoned overnight in the O’F parking lot. The “smash-and-grab” guys are still out there in spades.

You’re not one of the angry liberal, Barb, you are one of the delightful ones.

Wolv, that is excellent advice. Wish this area had any kind of taxi service that comes in less than an hour.

BarbaraN, I doubt Miller’s community and mine will end up in the same district.

Broadlands is part of the Ashburn planning area, tucked between 659 and the loop of the Greenway east of Belmont Ridge where it hooks south for a bit.

I am all the way south of the airport nearly to the Fairfax border.

Creative is how I charitably remember some of the plans that tried to keep three rural seats last time, one of which had Catoctin coming all the way along the river and taking half of Cascades, and one of which had the eastern preccint of South Riding connected to Sterling by the federal land of Dulles airport.

Geographically, I’m pretty sure that unless Miller moves again, we won’t end up in the same place.

And Dulles WILL divide–it technically had enough population/registered voters to do so in 07.