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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read an interesting interview with two of the top campaign people for Youngkin where they were asked about the respective campaigns of McAuliffe and Youngkin.

Their response was that McAuliffe offered very few affirmative reasons to vote for him, and ran against Youngkin as if Youngkin was running for national office (i.e., to be elected to the Senate), whereas Youngkin ran a disciplined campaign that remained focused on the types of local issues like education, crime, and attracting business that people expect a governor (but not necessarily a House or Senate member in Congress) to address.

That seemed to make sense, and I think we see the same thing with the FCPS School Board.  These folks were elected to focus on the most local of issues - the administration of a county's public school system - and yet from day one they've acted as if they hold or aspire to hold national political office.  Cohen and Frisch weren't in office for more than a few weeks before they were holding fundraisers for Democratic candidates, and the "all equity, all the time" rhetoric of most of them sounded as if they thought they were personally responsible for some type of great national reckoning.  And then even the ones whose rhetoric wasn't as overblown demonstrated that they had a tin ear and next to no sensitivity to local concerns.

So while the Ds still got most of the votes in NoVa, the Ds on the current school boards in NoVa have all the flaws of a Terry McAuliffe, and would be very stupid if they don't think they are going to be extremely vulnerable in an election that focuses primarily on their own performance (or lack thereof).  They have two years left to clean up their act, but it seems unlikely that they have the smarts to do so.  McLaughlin has been the only one who has demonstrated any sensitivity to what her constituents want from a School Board member; the rest seem too ideological, too dense, or too lazy to right the ship.  [/quote]

I don't know if anyone else is interested in this - but I would really like to get back to the school board being non partisan.  No endorsement of any candidates on the sample ballots.[/quote]

How do you make that happen?  The party affiliations aren't on the ballot, and it seems like a First Amendment issue to say a party can't express its support for a candidate.

I could see a situation in NoVa where the Rs stop formally endorsing School Board candidates, but lend their support behind the scenes to a local parents' group that purports to be non-partisan but primarily is funded or supported by Rs.  They would have less to lose by doing that, since NoVa is mostly D.  The Ds want to coast on their brand as long as possible wherever they can.

Otherwise there would have to be some pain for a party if they endorsed SB candidates - like voters tells Rs or Ds running for other offices that they'd get punished at the ballot box if the Rs or Ds endorse School Board members.  That doesn't seem very likely, either. [/quote]

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