Virginia's "Taliban ticket"

Here in northern Virginia we're looking forward to voting tomorrow for woman-enslaving Bob McDonnell and his bigoted sidekick Ken Cuccinelli. VA Congressman Jim Moron Moran, not noted for his sagacious oratory, is trying to energize the Democrat base by appealing to its, er, baser instincts:

U.S. Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) likened the Republican ticket in Virginia this year to Afghanistan's radical Taliban movement in comments broadcast Sunday by WAMU radio.

At a get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax County, Moran said: "I mean, if the Republicans were running in Afghanistan, they'd be running on the Taliban ticket as far as I can see."

Moran was talking about Republicans Robert F. McDonnell for governor, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and state Sen. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, who is running for attorney general. By some accounts, the three represent the most conservative Republican ticket to run in Virginia in many years. Moran's comments clearly were aimed to motivate Democratic voters to turn out on Tuesday and vote blue.

I'm getting a creeping feeling that Moran is a big fan of kindred spirit Chris Matthews; both equate mainstream Christianity with the Taliban.

I'll take McDonnell's brand of rhetoric, this example of which is pretty impressive, over Moron's, or Deeds's, any day.

Here are some thoughts from Bill Kristol on the import of tomorrow's elections:

Why Pelosi May Fail

First of all, the new Rasmussen survey finds 42 percent favoring the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats -- down a bit from a week ago. 54 percent of the public is opposed. 23 percent of all voters strongly support the plan, with 44 percent strongly opposed.

Second, there are elections tomorrow. In Virginia and New Jersey, the Democratic candidates for governor will run 15 to 20 points behind Obama’s showing a year ago (in 2008 Obama won Virginia by six, New Jersey by 16). This is a pretty stunning one-year swing in two not-insignificant states. And many of the voters who are swinging are similar to voters who live in the competitive congressional districts Democrats picked up in 2006 and 2008.

So Virginia and New Jersey alone could give a fair number of Democratic congressmen reason to pause before they walk the plank in the House for Nancy Pelosi's health care plan.

What could cause the plank to collapse is a Doug Hoffman victory in NY-23.

RTR.

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