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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Off topic - but does McAuliffe have presidential chances? He does seem to be a moderate Dem and often southern state candidates have more nationwide appeal. Is there anything disqualifying about him? Didn't live here during his first term so IDK what the big controversies may have been.[/quote]

That’s the thing. Like so many VA lame duck governors, there is no big deal from a governance standpoint. From the vantage point of a centrist northern Virginian, I want decent services, roads getting paved up here and not road to nowhere projects in non-trafficked areas, and the state  staying out of my uterus. As someone originally from another state, Virginia has decent services, moderate taxes, and pretty moderate on social issues. We know McAullife does those things. Youngkin in a new model “Republican”, which means it’s just anti-science, anti-logic, not-actually-Conservative nonsense. Just like I voted for Biden, I wish the dems had come up with a better candidate, but it is what it is.

But on a Presidential front, he would be a no hoper. He’s tied to the worst of the Clintons behaviors, and he’s a hack. The VA candidate that could go far is Mark Warner. [/quote]

NoVa doesn't have decent services any longer.  The public schools, in particular, are a debacle.  I can't think of a single public school system with Arlington's wealth that's as consistently underwhelming as APS; FCPS is too big and inefficient, and controlled by wacky left-wing nutters; and LCPS is a case study in mediocrity and crisis mismanagement.

McAuliffe means four more years of this.  Youngkin at least has the potential to shake things up and focus on quality academics again.  [/quote]
Has a Republican Governor “shaking things up” EVER resulted in better quality academics in any state?[/quote]

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