hadn t had this independent candidate getting perhaps 7% of the vote they could have won and then it could have been a big win? ken cuccinelli won better in virginia than mitt romney. romney wasn t the tea party candidate. cuccinelli did not run a good campaign. he was shut by the shutdown. when the government shutdown ended, what, three weeks ago, october 17th. cuccinelli was down. not because he was a better candidate but out spend massively 4-1 because of obama care. so for me the two big take aways is chris christi as candy said he s an impressive governor and politician and will be a force to be reckoned with nationally and obama care is toxic. it was dominating in the last two weeks. cuccinelli closed and terry mcauliffe embraced it and said he would expand obama care more, include virginia in the medicaid program under obama care,