The Virginia Governor’s Race Has Exposed A Big Immigration Problem For Democrats

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The Virginia Governor’s Race Has Exposed A Big Immigration Problem For Democrats
 
By making immigration an issue, Republican Ed Gillespie is challenging Democrat Ralph Northam to answer for his party: do Democrats believe in borders?

By John Daniel Davidson   
October 27, 2017
 
The gubernatorial election in Virginia is less than two weeks away, and of course it’s drawing national attention as a bellwether for the prospects of both major parties in the age of Trump, which to a large extent it is.

The odd thing about the race is that Republican candidate Ed Gillespie and Democratic candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam don’t belong to the rising populist factions of their respective parties. Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chair, is more or less a centrist Republican who beat a Trumpian candidate in the GOP primary. In the Democratic primary, Northam beat former Rep. Tom Perriello, a progressive who had the endorsements of progressive Democratic standard-bearers Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

So you might think the race wouldn’t be about supposedly “populist issues” like illegal immigration, sanctuary cities, and how many Central American MS-13 gang members live in Fairfax County. But it has been.

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http://thefederalist.com/2017/10/27/virginia-governors-race-exposed-big-immigration-problem-democrats/

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My mailbox is filled with these people. Phone rings 10 times a day. It doesn't help that the Dems are running a highly-financed anti-gun stealth candidate for the State House of Delegates, trying to take out our local guy. They can lose every other election but if Chris Hurst wins, it signals a complete turnaround for the Dems. They are throwing everything into this race.

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The Virginia Governor’s Race Has Exposed A Big Immigration Problem For Democrats
 
By making immigration an issue, Republican Ed Gillespie is challenging Democrat Ralph Northam to answer for his party: do Democrats believe in borders?

By John Daniel Davidson   
October 27, 2017
 
The gubernatorial election in Virginia is less than two weeks away, and of course it’s drawing national attention as a bellwether for the prospects of both major parties in the age of Trump, which to a large extent it is.

The odd thing about the race is that Republican candidate Ed Gillespie and Democratic candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam don’t belong to the rising populist factions of their respective parties. Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chair, is more or less a centrist Republican who beat a Trumpian candidate in the GOP primary. In the Democratic primary, Northam beat former Rep. Tom Perriello, a progressive who had the endorsements of progressive Democratic standard-bearers Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

So you might think the race wouldn’t be about supposedly “populist issues” like illegal immigration, sanctuary cities, and how many Central American MS-13 gang members live in Fairfax County. But it has been.

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http://thefederalist.com/2017/10/27/virginia-governors-race-exposed-big-immigration-problem-democrats/

Corbe, I did go to the link and it was an good article, indeed.

Gee whiz, there ARE actual differences between democrats and Republicans.  Who knew?

You'd never know it from the media, but I really think most 'ordinary' people are with the Republicans on both of the core issues, and especially on immigration.  They can call us heartless about immigration but we know they are heartless on abortion.

Oh, well.  A race in Virginia can be interesting.  Maybe as a weathervane.