You Democrats shouldn’t worry too much about McDonnell. There is total alienation going on in the RPV. See the current overthrow attempt of the standing RPV chair. McDonnell has weighed in against chairman Jeff Frederick and that just cost him the loyalty of Frederick backers.

It should also be considered that McDonnell was a champion for the HRTA and also supported legislation post Kelo vs. New London that did NOT reform eminent domain. Thankfully that excuse for reform failed and true reform was passed the next year. All of that is an attack on fiscal conservatives that prefer smaller government. It means Libertarians like myself that generally vote GOP, DON’T want to vote for him.

The fact that Bob McDonnell wanted to keep oral sex, even between married couples a felony, doesn’t help either. Thank goodness the US Supreme Court overturned the Texas law and thereby Virginia’s.

I know Deeds is too conservative for your tastes. Probably why I like the guy, I’m on the conservative side. If Deeds were the nominee, I’d definitely vote for him. At this point, I’ll write-in a name if Moran is the nominee. McAuliffe is an outsider and his history at the DNC doesn’t help. McAuliffe seems so insincere and salesmanish. Out of the three, he is by far the worst. God help me if I have to choose between McAuliffe and McDonnell. I so don’t want to choose between the lesser of two McEvils.

I plan to vote for Republicans Bolling and Cuccinelli. I’ll leave it to you to figure out why I won’t be voting for McDonnell.

That said, McAuliffe may well be the Sixty Million Dollar Candidate. That kind of money makes the race tougher to gauge.

You won’t care for this, Viv, but Moran looks like the worst choice to me – at least as far as winning the election.

Have some of the Moran supporters gone over the top? You bet. This behavior seems to be typical of far too many online posters. Remember, though, that the online community represents a very, very small segment of the population. (To put it in perspective – the largest blogs in VA get about 1/10 the circulation of my daily newspaper! And The Virginian Pilot isn’t even the largest newspaper in the state!)

Brian Moran is a decent, honest, hardworking man and, as I’ve said before, his stances on the issues are closest to my own. That’s why I support him.

But I hear what Vivian is saying, also. And I tried to make the point that no matter what happens in this primary, all Democrats will come together to defeat Bob McDonnell — of this I’m pretty confident. For me, on a personal level, I hope it is in support of a candidate that I can really like — it need not be Creigh. I want to like Brian Moran, and I wish he would give more of a reason to do so, beyond position papers.

I thought it was wrong then and I think it’s wrong now.

Don’t take the blogs and the bloggers too seriously. And don’t blame the candidate for actions outside his control. There is a Creigh supporter out there who always takes things too far. I don’t blame Creigh for it and it has no effect on my opinion of him. (I actually like Creigh – he’s just too conservative for me.)

As for Brian Moran, I’ve known him for a long time, and I respect him greatly. I am saddened and puzzled by the negative tone of his campaign when it is responding to Terry McAuliffe.

I have also gotten very irritated with a couple of Virginia bloggers for their negative tone and lack of respect for those who disagree with them (I suspect that Aznew and I are referring to the same people).

All that said, I am still undecided simply because I think any of the three candidates would bring real value to the governor’s office and would serve Virginia well. Whoever wins will have my enthuisastic support in November.

I will have no problem opposing Bob Mcdonnell come the Fall. I will have a much harder time supporting Mr. Moran, and that makes me sad. I didn’t feel this way several months ago.

And just to be clear, liek you, Vivian, I supported Hillary Clinton in the preidential, but when President Obama beat her, I enthusiastically supported him, and as it turned out, I think we are all better off for the way it worked out, so I don’t think I’m a sore loser.