At some point, all of these numbskulls are going to realize that we need all of these groups to win – even when we can’t stand each other.

And we can either whine and moan that voters aren’t going to show up unless they have a candidate who is “conservative enough” or “moderate enough” on a ticket, stick fingers in our ears and hum really loudly, or have some sensibility for the fact that we need a united party to win.

If Bob McDonnell doesn’t satisfy the litmus test of the so-called “true conservatives”, then they should just give up now and form their own party so they can be squelched into irrelevency without dragging those of us who care about actually governing down with them.

But this remains Cuccinelli’s race to lose and I don’t think he’s going to lose it.

The race has ultimately been driven and defined by Cuccinelli and will continue to be so right up to the votes on May 30. Aside from the issues, he has enormous energy behind him as a candidate, an incredibly impressive volunteer base, and his people have been walking in to jurisdictions across the state with heaps of filing forms. And when people get to vote in Richmond, the question a lot of delegates will be asking themselves is whether they should support Cuccinelli.

Aside from those that genuinely dislike nominating conservatives like Cuccinelli on ideological grounds, the only question I’ve seen that has any sizable group of people on the fence with his candidacy is his electability.

Personally, I think you can take one look at his volunteer operation and what he has accomplished both statewide and locally here in Fairfax and have many of your fears allayed on that issue. Cuccinelli changes the turnout universe in any race he’s involved in by driving out people that other Republicans don’t. That will help the entire ticket.

I can certainly understand that some are apprehensive. I just think the fears are misplaced.

As for the moderates opposed to him on ideological grounds, I’d honestly encourage you think about party unity. McDonnald is your guy. With a sizable chunk of the conservative base currently pissed off at McDonnald over the Jeff Frederick war (whatever we may think of Frederick), we need a means of getting that faction back into the fold. You will not win without them.

A McDonnald/Bolling/Cuccinelli ticket offers the best chance we have of unifying the factions in our party than pretty much anything else that can happen right now – most especially if Frederick is successfully ousted. And whatever faction you’re from, there are reasons to support that entire ticket.

Personally, I’m tired of seeing the factions in our party get it into their skulls that we can win without each other.

We can’t. We need each other.

And ultimately, no matter who the candidates are, we’re on the same side here.

All of them send out newsletters about once a week and I haven’t gotten enough from any of the campaigns to start complaining. Nothing compared the general election, or even Frederick during his run up to last year’s convention.

And I think an endorsement from VA Blogger is pretty good. Remember, this is one of the Washingtonian’s must read sites now.

Now, I know it’s probably difficult for you to accept an error, Loudoun Insider… especially when your candidate (Brownlee) has only voted in DEMOCRAT primaries up until this point… but I’m sure you can give a little room for one email flub, can’t you?

So, although I think it’s great that Foster and Brownlee are finally choosing to send out emails in support of other republicans… it’s just too bad they’ve never chosen to do anything for Virginian Republicans until it just became politically advantageous for them to do so…

A Voter, yeah, Cuccinelli just had to send out that email about the President of BOLIVIA, Hugo Chavez!