Review time — the number of Virginians who voted to elect:
Barack Obama & Joe Biden: 1,959,532
Bob McDonnell & Ken Cuccinelli (avg): 1,141,426
In other words, 72% more Virginians voted for Obama/Biden than voted for McDonnell/Cuccinelli. Let’s keep that in mind the next time someone claims to speak for Virginians.
What’s that you say? A lieutenant governor? Yeah, I remember hearing something about that last November too, but I haven’t heard a word since then.
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