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To: Brumar89 who wrote (525811)	11/5/2009 1:54:20 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577143

Obama spent a lot of time trying to get Deeds and Corzine elected and he failed big time in places he won in 2008. An 18 pt loss in VA. A loss in Democratic NJ. We can squabble about this until the cows come home. Both Dem candidates were weak. Deeds was from SW VA.....he ran away from Obama his whole campaign until near the very end....would not support health care reform, energy conservation etc. The WH told him to focus his campaign on the suburbs around DC, a Dem stronghold. He focused on S. VA and sent his teenage sons to Arlington/Crystal City. Meanwhile McDonnell pretended he wasn't an R and behaved like he is a centrist when the dude is really far right. Corzone of NJ was a very unpopular incumbent from the get go. In the Spring, at the height of Obama's popularity, Corzone had a 30% approval rating. With Obama's support, he got it up to 45% on election day. Bottomline: the Obama magic is still intact and now its on to health care reform.