cville deac
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Do it. Double down Steve.
I do pay attention to things Bannon says. But he's clearly wrong here, and it's a blatant cop out. VA is a purple state with the General Assembly just about evenly split in both houses. Dems have been doing better in the governor and US senate races. Actually, I liked 71's Dave Albo quote that VA is now dark blue and red splotches, though that isn't quite true. Places like Montgomery, Roanoke, Loudon, Prince William, Chesterfield, Suffolk, Chesapeake and VA Beach really are purple. They used to be reddish purple and turned bluish purple a couple of days ago. Again, I think it's affluent white suburbia saying no to Trumpism and that they're not happy with what's going on with health care - we're apparently 1 of the states with the largest rate hikes. I also think to an extent the current tax bill pending in congress doesn't help either. The senate version at least is taking away deductions for state and local taxes, and both bills are going to increase taxes a little on folks making $50-100K while giving breaks to corporations and high income folks. Even in mostly conservative white suburbia, it's a tough sell to tell folks who pay attention to the news that you're raising their taxes and the deficit, and because you can't get your shite together on ACA repeal and replacement, their insurance is also going way up. Especially in NoVa where folks pay a lot in real estate taxes. Our current house make up is 7 Pub and 4 Dem. The 10th district, Loudoun & Frederick, could become competitive next year.