did. we live if an era shrinking map. voters have sorted themselves out as we talked about earlier. parties have sorted themselves out and now just a handful of truly competitive states are left when it comes time to choose a president. which makes those very few swing states that are left more important than ever to each party's white house hopes. and of the swing states left, as the numbers show, virginia stands as the swingiest of them. it may be the single most important battleground in the next presidential election. which makes the election that is playing out right now in virginia a potentially significant indicator of how swing voters are processing the political upheaval of the past year. everything that happened, everything president obama said and done, everything republicans have said and done since last year's election. the office of governor of virginia is open and if ted cruz is right about what the republican party needs to do to start winning again, then this is a race they should win. because republicans in virginia have nominated for governor a