| 1960 – John Kennedy (D) | 1961 – Albertis Harrison (D) |
| 1964 – Lyndon Johnson (D) | 1965 – Mills Godwin (D) |
| 1968 – Richard Nixon (R) | 1969 – Linwood Holton (R) |
| 1972 – Richard Nixon (R) | 1973 – Mills Godwin (R) |
| 1976 – Jimmy Carter (D) | 1977 – John Dalton (R) |
| 1980 – Ronald Reagan (R) | 1981 – Chuck Robb (D) |
| 1984 – Ronald Reagan (R) | 1985 – Gerry Baliles (D) |
| 1988 – George H.W. Bush (R) | 1989 – Doug Wilder (D) |
| 1992 – Bill Clinton (D) | 1993 – George Allen (R) |
| 1996 – Bill Clinton (D) | 1997 – Jim Gilmore (R) |
| 2000 – George W. Bush (R) | 2001 – Mark Warner (D) |
| 2004 – George W. Bush (R) | 2005 – Tim Kaine (D) |
| 2008 – ??? | 2009 – ???? |
See the pattern? For the last 30 years, Virginia has elected a governor from the opposite party of the president. One could speculate a number of reasons for this, although some say it’s pure coincidence.
Looking forward to 2008, I think the Democrats have the better slate of candidates for president. Combine that with the dismal approval rating of Bush, I’d say that a Democratic win is likely.
But if the curse holds, that means we would be looking at a Republican governor in 2009. Yes, I know it’s a long time off. But it’s something to think about.
So what would you rather have: a Democratic president and a Republican governor or a Republican president and a Democratic governor?
VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local 
Dems get leg. and keep gov., gop get white house.
You really are a sour-puss, aren’t you, BM?
Nah. I just have low tolerance for inane BS offered under the guise of thoughtfulness. No person, with any sense of honesty, could really say that the GOP is a party of limited government. So since I thought it might be rude to presume you a dishonest person, I went with the next most likely explanation – that you’re Rip Van Mouse. And here I was trying to be all nice and welcome you.
BM, I do think the Republican Party leaders have strayed from the roots of the party. But the body of the party, the people not the leaders, do believe in limited government.
The problem is that the Republicans got in power and went on their own pork binge. If we (the People) were to start filing lawsuit after lawsuit challenging such things as “the Bridge to Nowhere,” assorted museums no-one ever visits, “No Child Gets Ahead,” etc., on the basis that they are not covered by Article I, Section 8, we might finally get the limited federal government our Constitution demands.
So your solution, then, is to repeat exactly what hasn’t worked for the past 7 years? You’re a smart one, aren’t you?
Who’s been filing lawsuits against the extra-Constitutional pork spending for the last seven years? I want to donate to their legal fund!
Sorry I don’t get the science or purpose.
Is it just about feelings?
“Democrats on all accounts!”