Swordsmyth
12-13-2017, 04:03 PM
Ed Gillespie, who has been at the forefront of GOP politics for decades, said he wouldn’t encourage others to run for office in his first interview since losing the heated Virginia governor’s race last month.
During an 80-minute appearance on “The Axe Files” podcast with Democratic strategist David Axelrod, Gillespie lamented polarization in politics, the challenges of running with Donald Trump in the White House and how journalists cover campaigns. He lost to Democrat Ralph Northam by nine percentage points in a wave election (https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/local/governor-turnout-analysis/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-high_graphic-northamwin-711am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory)that also saw significant Democratic gains in the state legislature.
Gillespie said running for governor this year was much more challenging than when he challenged U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) in 2014 — and nearly won.
“It’s a much more poisonous atmosphere. I don’t know if there’s causality or correlation, I leave that for others to determine,” Gillespie said. “But I could not honestly say to someone that I like and think is a halfway decent human being, ‘Yeah, you ought to run for office’.”
More at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/after-9-point-loss-gillespie-says-he-would-not-encourage-others-to-run-for-office-because-of-poisonous-atmosphere/2017/12/12/2260d37a-df48-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html?utm_term=.f32ec57286a2
Just don't run any Republicans and the Demoncrats will win every race.
During an 80-minute appearance on “The Axe Files” podcast with Democratic strategist David Axelrod, Gillespie lamented polarization in politics, the challenges of running with Donald Trump in the White House and how journalists cover campaigns. He lost to Democrat Ralph Northam by nine percentage points in a wave election (https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/local/governor-turnout-analysis/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-high_graphic-northamwin-711am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory)that also saw significant Democratic gains in the state legislature.
Gillespie said running for governor this year was much more challenging than when he challenged U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) in 2014 — and nearly won.
“It’s a much more poisonous atmosphere. I don’t know if there’s causality or correlation, I leave that for others to determine,” Gillespie said. “But I could not honestly say to someone that I like and think is a halfway decent human being, ‘Yeah, you ought to run for office’.”
More at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/after-9-point-loss-gillespie-says-he-would-not-encourage-others-to-run-for-office-because-of-poisonous-atmosphere/2017/12/12/2260d37a-df48-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html?utm_term=.f32ec57286a2
Just don't run any Republicans and the Demoncrats will win every race.