{"id":7001,"date":"2010-06-09T00:02:17","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T04:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=7001"},"modified":"2010-06-09T00:02:17","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T04:02:17","slug":"5th-district-republican-primary-final-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/09\/5th-district-republican-primary-final-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"5th District Republican Primary &#8211; Final Thoughts."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So that happened. It&#8217;s over, yet we&#8217;ve only just begun. Final (?) thoughts coming up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BAM! I was right on pretty much every prediction. With the exception of one local race (looking at you, Mike Newman!), SouthsideCentral is the place to come for your best political commentary. We attempt to infuse objectivity with a dose of accuracy, yet still keep it entertaining. SouthsideCentral is just not all about politics though and we hope you keep visiting the site. We&#8217;re only as good as our readers think we are. Thank you for visiting often. Of now that the shameless promotion and humility is taken care of, back to your regularly scheduled random thoughts.<\/li>\n<li>Surprises of the night: Robert Hurt finishing 2nd in Albemarle County over 3rd place Mike McPadden, Laurence Verga only getting 802 total votes, Ken Boyd&#8217;s 34 total votes in Campbell County, and Robert Hurt&#8217;s 48.4% overall total.<\/li>\n<li>Disappointment of the night: Mike McPadden&#8217;s final total of 9.7%. He&#8217;s a damned good man who&#8217;s got the principles to go far in politics (and hey, &#8220;you people&#8221;, going far in politics isn&#8217;t a bad thing if you&#8217;re good). I&#8217;m glad to have met Mike McPadden during this campaign and am proud to consider Mike McPadden a friend. I&#8217;ll gladly support McPadden in any of his future endeavors.<\/li>\n<li>I was quite honestly surprised with Robert Hurt as his victory celebration today. I&#8217;d heard the various complaints that he wasn&#8217;t a good speaker and how he wasn&#8217;t charismatic. As I said earlier tonight, &#8220;Whoever said that Robert Hurt isn&#8217;t a good speaker is full of horsecrap.&#8221; Perhaps it&#8217;s the pressure of the primary behind him, or the drudgery of saying the same thing over and over at the numerous forums, but Hurt knocked it out of the park tonight.<\/li>\n<li>Numerous people asked me how I thought Jeff Clark&#8217;s candidacy will affect the general election. As of now, I predict that Clark will draw the far-right fringe of the teaparty crowd, and that&#8217;s about all. Clark will get at most 4% of the general election vote and should be a non-factor.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CAmosGDR\/\" target=\"_blank\">Register &amp; Bee&#8217;s Catherine Amos<\/a> said &#8220;Danville Tea Party leader Nigel Coleman says they&#8217;ll support Robert Hurt&#8221;. That&#8217;s a logical step for any group that opposes Tom Perriello. Unfortunately, a few Usual Suspects are starting to yell that the Danville teaparty has &#8220;sold out&#8221;. That&#8217;s ridiculous yet not surprising.<\/li>\n<li>As I&#8217;ve said before, what in the hell happened to Laurence Verga&#8217;s campaign? He went from possible contender down to 2.3% of the vote. Unbelievable.<\/li>\n<li>After the horrible final three weeks of Feda Morton&#8217;s campaign, she finished with 4.6% of the vote. Nice call, <a href=\"http:\/\/bearingdrift.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Bearing Drift<\/a>. I&#8217;m available if you want to send &#8220;Agricola&#8221; back to the farm.<\/li>\n<li>Tonight, &#8220;Angry Man&#8221; Jim McKelvey is sending mixed signals. He&#8217;s saying &#8220;I will not abandon all those who shared their hopes and ideals with me during  the campaign.&#8221; paired with &#8220;We, as conservatives, must be unified to defeat Tom Perriello this November.&#8221; If he throws his support behind Robert Hurt, Jeff Clark becomes a total non-factor. Anyway, I&#8217;m betting that there&#8217;s a used bus for sale tomorrow morning. Perhaps Mark Lloyd will be watching Craigslist.<\/li>\n<li>There are going to be some &#8220;republicans&#8221; that won&#8217;t support Robert Hurt. They&#8217;re quite foolish.<\/li>\n<li>Smart political strategy, smart campaign workers &amp; money wins elections. That&#8217;s the bottom line, like it or not. Teaparty-like shouting &amp; outrage are useless in this area.<\/li>\n<li>First prediction on the general election vote percentage: Hurt 48%, Perriello 48% Clark 4%. If McKelvey throws his support behind Hurt, it becomes Hurt 49+%, Perriello 49+%, Clark &lt;2%.<\/li>\n<li>First OddsMakers on the general election winner: Hurt 50%, Perriello 50%, Clark 0%. Yep, it&#8217;s a fresh start and a toss-up right now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The election is over. The election begins now. You know there&#8217;s more to come here at SouthsideCentral&#8230; thanks for visiting often!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So that happened. It&#8217;s over, yet we&#8217;ve only just begun. 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