Virginia Governor Race Could Predict The Midterms!

Virginia's race for governor could shape how the U.S. Midterms go!

Ken Cuccinelli is hoping that President Barack Obama's horrible rollout of  the healthcare law and low job approval could help him win a trip to the governor's mansion in Richmond. His opponent Terry McAuliffe is hoping to tag Cuccinelli to the Tea Party, supporters of the government shutdown.

Both candidates equally are poor campaigners but somehow, McAuliffe is looking likely to be a winner in this race.

Republicans can breathe a sigh of relief, New Jersey governor Chris Christie is likely to win this race in the politically Democratic state.

But Virginia on the other hand is trending BLUE. The state has never voted for the party in power when it came to the governor's race. Since 1977, it's been a mixture of one of two members of the opposing party in the Senate and one party in the governorship.

Cuccinelli is the current Attorney General of Virginia and the Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia in the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial election. He was elected as Virginia's 46th Attorney General in the November 2009 general election. From 2002 until January 16, 2010 he was a Republican member of the Senate of Virginia, representing the 37th district in Fairfax County. He holds degrees in engineering, law and commercial policy, and co-founded a small law firm.

McAuliffe was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005, was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, and was chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election and is the Democratic nominee.

Cuccinelli is hoping Libertarian minded Republicans ignore Robert Sarvis.

Sarvis is an American politician, lawyer, software developer, and businessman. He is currently the Libertarian nominee for Governor of Virginia in the 2013 election. He was formerly a Republican. He decided to run under the Libertarian Party.

Cuccinelli is a controversial figure. McAuliffe managed to tie him to the extremists wing of the Republican Party.

Cuccinelli's running mate is a Black extremist.

Some of the words stated by the Republican nominee have made the rounds through the junk food media and many aren't liking it.

For one he is against the healthcare law. He was one of the first state attorney generals to file a lawsuit in federal court. He's anti-abortion. He's not in support of gay marriage. He supports the Confederate flag being held upon the state capitol.

His running mate E.W. Jackson is an extremist and of course, he's BLACK. He was hoping to use Jackson to appeal to Black voters. Jackson wants "us Black folk" to wake up. That's already turned off the Republicans who view Black lawmakers in a negative light.

That's probably why votes are siphoned off to the Libertarian nominee.

Republicans are pushing Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) his dad, former presidential candidate, perennial loser Ron Paul, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) for the last ditch push to win this crucial state.

McAuliffe managed to secure big endorsements. President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Former president Bill Clinton and his wife former first lady/senator/secretary of state Hillary Clinton endorse him.

In the last days of the campaign, President Barack Obama pushed supporters to vote early and help Virginia go to McAuliffe.

Barack Obama carried Virginia in 2008 and 2012. Previously George W. Bush carried it in 2000 and 2004.

Could Virginia be the new bellweather state?

Maybe.

People always figured that Florida, Ohio, New Hampshire and Iowa are the bellweather states.