Virginia GOP set for wild, unpredictable convention

[brooklynite]

The Hill

Tens of thousands of Virginia Republicans will head to community colleges, church parking lots and county fairgrounds on Saturday to choose nominees in what activists and officials say remains an unpredictable battle for the near-term future of a party that has not won a statewide election in a dozen years.

For the candidates vying for the right to run for governor under the Republican banner, the divergent options they present to voters is less about how to move on from former President Trump a year after his ignominious defeat — by a 10-point margin in Virginia, a former swing state — than it is about what package can best sell a post-Trump, pro-Trump Republican Party.

The delegates will choose among seven contenders running for the Republican nomination to replace Gov. Ralph Northam (D), who is limited to serving one term. Most strategists and activists believe the race will come down to three leading contenders: Venture capitalist Pete Snyder, a major donor who ran for lieutenant governor in 2013; Glenn Youngkin, a former chief executive of the Carlyle Group making his first run for public office; and state Sen. Amanda Chase, an archconservative who attended the Stop the Steal rally that preceded the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Some cautioned not to rule out former state House Speaker Kirk Cox, who still has a path to victory.

[spooky3]

1. VAQ is so stupid that they keep nominating extremists. They

live in a bubble where they believe rural wing nuts outnumber pragmatic suburban swing voters and Dems. They will keep losing, especially if McAuliffe wins the Dem primary. He has already spent a ton of money.

[11 Bravo]

4. I thought we were about as Blue as we could get up here in NOVA.

But those dumb bastards are going to prove me wrong.

Joe topped the former guy by 40 percentage points (69%-29%) in '20, but if the VA GQP nominates that crazoid Chase, I'd look for Fairfax, Loudon, Arlington, et al to vote around 80% Democratic.

[spooky3]

5. LOL! Agreed. Nt

[brooklynite]

6. No, their Party is run by activists who believe that standing on principles is more important than..

...winning and gaining the ability to implement them.

[spooky3]

7. They have no principles. There are so many examples of inconsistencies

In actions that a party with principles would not engage in. Check this out:

https://bluevirginia.us/2021/05/as-virginia-republican-insiders-choose-their-nominee-the-candidates-are-doubling-down-on-far-right-extremism

[Tommy Carcetti]

2. They all sound bad.

I assume Amanda Chase is the worst though, right?

[FSogol]

3. The few repubs in my neighborhood have Youngkin signs up.

I think Terry will be our next governor.