The problem in VA is that the Libertarian Party candidate was NOT a libertarian ... he was a leftist (for the Love of Rand he wanted to force Virginians to install GPS trackers in their cars so they could be taxed by the mile) and Libertarians in VA did the very thing they chastise Republicans for doing; blindly voting the party.

The reasons McAuliffe won is because of a combination of Democrat dirty tricks (including, but not limited to running and backing a faux Libertarian to split the right of center vote), Establishment GOP trying to purge the Tea Party from its ranks and Republican/Conservative/Gun Owner apathy ... turnout was a record low.


As for Chris Christie ... he's a Democrat that keeps winning in a solidly Democrat state. Period. He just wears the (R) to fool people in the middle. If the GOP picks him as their candidate the GOP will die (hopefully it will be a repeat of the death of the Whigs and birth of the GOP back in the 1800s happening almost simultaneously ... if we end up with a weak GOP and strong 3rd party than the entire country will go the way of VA and we're fucked)