SouthsideCentral is a non-partisan site. This endorsement is only for Tuesday’s Democratic primary and not for the general election. That being said, SouthsideCentral believes that Creigh Deeds is the best candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor.<\/p>\n
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There are three candidates running in this primary election. Voters will choose between Creigh Deeds, Terry McAuliffe or Brian Moran. <\/p>\n
While Brian Moran has a good leadership resume, he’s associated himself with Tim Kaine far too much for my tastes. He seems to have forgotten about Southside VA during the last 4 weeks of his campaign except for invoking the name of Ward Armstrong whenever he can. Unfortunately, he’s gone too deep into the negative campaigning sewer and hasn’t said much about himself lately. <\/p>\n
Terry McAuliffe is an enigma to me. I originally was 100% against him and everything that he stood for because I considered him a carpetbagger. He was no better than Hillary Clinton when she chose New York as her new home state to advance her political career. That’s before I attended the debate at the Institute. I listened to what McAuliffe had to say and read his business plan. I spoke to him and honestly was surprised enough to have positive thoughts about him and his campaign. Overall though, I came to realize that McAuliffe IS an outsider who chose Virginia to advance his political career. I look at McAuliffe and I see Bill & Hillary Clinton. He’ll come in 2nd place in the endorsement race.<\/p>\n
Creigh Deeds wins the endorsement with one word. “Bipartisanship”. Any candidate that wants to throw the permanently-polluted redistricting process to a non-partisan solution instantly gets my attention. Deeds seems to be the only one of the three candidates that will remember Southside VA. Deeds’ idea for one year of student loan forgiveness for every three years of teaching in a high-need area. Combining these ideas with Deeds’ other relatively middle-of-the-road positions on issues, he’s earned SouthsideCentral’s endorsement.<\/p>\n
I feel that Creigh Deeds will make an excellent opponent for Bob McDonnell in the general election. If Deeds wins this primary, that’s going to be a great race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SouthsideCentral is a non-partisan site. This endorsement is only for Tuesday’s Democratic primary and not for the general election. That being said, SouthsideCentral believes that Creigh Deeds is the best candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor.<\/p>\n
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