I worked in politics back in the seventies, and while I don’t have it at my fingertips, the differences between the national (civil rights) Democratic party and the Virginia (segregationist) Democratic party mean that prior to 1977, the subsequent gubernatorial race was quite unrelated to the national presidential race.

By which I mean: the 32 years of unwavering history you cite is, for all intents and purposes, the entire history of the modern Democratic party as regards the South. So, we can reliably say that the gubernatorial race has ALWAYS gone to the party that lost the presidency, at least in the modern alignment of our political parties.

It had nothing whatsoever to do with the primary wars; Terry is no liberal, he’s a corporatist Democrat who nearly destroyed our national party as DNC chair. Letting him loose on Virginia electoral politics was a terrible mistake.

Yesssss…, considering that both Virginia Gov and NY-23 should be surefire losses for the Dems under normal circumstances (Virginia Gov has gone against the part that held the White House since the 70s), and New Jersey Gov wasn’t that hot for the Dems either with an unpopular incumbent. All three going to the GOP should be considered a marginally good night for them. One of them going to the Dems should be considered a marginally good night for the Dems. Of course it will be presented by the old media that 2 out of 3 is a huge win for the GOP, and 3 out of 3 will have some of the blowhards wondering why Obama isn’t stepping down already.

1. ‘cos those who vote for him deserve him.
2. we don’t need any more blue dog turds in the hallways of power.

if a true progressive wins the primary and acts like one, may be i’ll donate.

i refuse to support blue dogs over republicans. they are the same.

Check his blog to see who posts there now; nearly all are right wing Republicans. Real Democrats are disgusted with Ben and no longer trust him!

@ 60 Southerndragon ended with xin loi, which pointed to the genesis, and my curiosity was satisfied.