Virginia’s 10th district has been represented by a Republican in Congress for decades. After 30 years in Congress our representative, Frank Wolf, retired in 2014 and his protege Delegate Barbara Comstock easily won the seat with 56% of the vote. Now she is up for re-election and signs have emerged that she could be in trouble, despite having raised far more money than her opponent.
A recent Democrat poll shows Comstock’s opponent, Lu Anne Bennett, leading in the district for the first time. Expedition Strategies conducted the poll for the Bennett campaign. Their results show Bennett up by 4, 46% to 42% with 11% undecided. In May their polling showed Bennett down by 11%. In September Bennett was down by 4%. Poll details and the trends are here.
There are several things effecting support for Barbara Comstock in the district. In the most recent poll in Virginia, Clinton is up by 9 points. That’s an average across the state. In some parts of the state Clinton’s margin is much lower, or Trump may even be ahead. That means in Northern Virginia Clinton’s support is much stronger, perhaps 12% to as much as 15% over Trump. With the Democrats coming out in Northern Virginia in larger numbers, that hurts Comstock. Unlike Republicans, Democrats in the 10th district will have a sample ballot with Clinton’s name and Lu Anne Bennett’s name.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch is reporting a big uptick in voters in early voting in Fairfax and Loudoun, more bad news for Comstock since these areas favor Democrats. From the Richmond Times,
In Fairfax, which delivered the most Democratic votes for President Barack Obama in 2012, early voting was up more than 73 percent. In Loudoun, which had the second-most Obama votes in 2012, early voting was up almost 53 percent.
“The early voting gap between Democratic- and Republican-leaning areas of the state suggests that Republicans might be wise to increase their voter contacts in the next several weeks,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.
Clinton has a much better, more organized, ground game in Virginia. It’s no surprise the Clinton campaign has also organized a better early voting drive. Again, that’s not good news for Comstock.
In Presidential election years the occasional voters come out to vote. Many know next to nothing about politics. They don’t know who their Congressmen and Senators are. Since most voters don’t cross party lines when they vote, Bennett has an advantage with occasional voters because her name is on the Democrat sample ballot with Clinton. While Trump may bring occasional and new voters to the polls, there will be no Republican sample ballot because Comstock doesn’t want her name on a sample ballot with Trump. So these new Trump voters, and the occasional voters, won’t be much help to Comstock.
Many Trump supporters were furious when Comstock came out strongly against Trump saying he should leave the race. Those Trump supporters will not vote for Barbara Comstock. They have been very vocal on social media in their opposition to Comstock following her denunciation of Trump.
Along with those Trump supporters opposed to Comstock are members of the Republican party who won’t vote for Comstock because she won’t support the top of the ticket. Party members support the ticket and expect their Congressional Rep to do the same.”If Comstock can’t support Trump, I can’t support her”, is what I’ve been hearing.
Then there’s another group of Republicans who aren’t supporting Comstock, those who are unhappy with her voting record. Comstock ran as conservative and her voting record has not shown her to be a conservative. Comstock has a rating of 48% on the Heritage Action scorecard. The average Republican score is 66%. She less conservative than the average Republican in Congress by 18%! The Conservative Review gives Comstock an ‘F’ rating on their Liberty score. Disappointed Republicans are not supporting Comstock in this election.
Will Comstock win this election? Probably, but it will far closer than anyone expected.
UPDATE: LCRC Chairman Will Estrada has informed me that his executive committee has now voted to have sample ballots in Loudoun. I am glad to hear it because voters need to know how to vote on the proposed Constitutional Amendment and bond issues. I am assuming Trump and Comstock’s names will appear on the sample ballot in Loudoun but that has not been made clear.
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So we get to choose between a RINO or a leftist leech? Ain’t politics grand!
Unfortunately, all the DC suburbs are populated with a large majority of fun deral workers with very generous salaries. They know that their gravy train will continue with Clinton…Trump is an unknown. Voting your pocketbook or wallet means something very different in the DC suburbs than in the rest of the country.
[…] other reasons why the race in the 10th is close. We have the previously enumerated those reasons here and […]
[…] The trend in NOVA shows voters moving toward Clinton. On September 26th, Hillary had 45% of the vote. By October 3rd, her lead had increased to 50%. On October 16th Clinton was leading with 55% and Trump’s had dropped to 21%. The trends are obvious. Clinton could easily have 60-65% of the vote in NOVA by election day. That’s terrible news for the Comstock campaign with the majority of the 10th district votes coming from Fairfax and Loudoun. I previously wrote Comstock’s problems here. […]
Barbara Comstock has squandered her re-election bid this time around, by being backed into a corner by Lu Anne Bennett. Instead of focusing the public’s attention on real policy differences between the two Parties, and the undeniable corruption of the Clinton machine, Comstock cowered in a corner until forced to declare her abandonment of the man elected to lead her Party into battle. When I attended a recent debate between Bennett and Comstock, both sounded like they were running for Delegate, rather than for Representative of the United States Congress. Neither articulated a vision for national service at a time of profound national distress. Neither is a compelling candidate.
Take her down, clean house, she needs to be Cantor’d.
Please don’t take the fun away of squashing her next primary!!!
I just heard Trump’s latest ‘campaign strategy’ is to suppress the vote on both sides so only his hardcore supporters turn out to vote. Ummm……..wouldn’t that also mean only the hardcore Hillary supporters would turn out too? I have no idea how this would effect down ballot candidates.
I’d consider the source, Dems have the motivation issues that guide them to suppression. I’m betting Trump wants big turnout to offset the fraud.
If you want to understand why Comstock is in this predicament, then you only need to look at this article’s cover photo. Her priorities are Ryan’s priorities, not the priorities of those who elected her (the exception being the GOPe who live in McLean).
The sad path to estrangement from your base is usually tied to governance and expectations. Obama is often criticized for campaigning instead of governing. Comstock is no different. Her flaunting that she has “won 5 elections in 5 years” sends a clear political momentum message that campaigning overrides governing and higher office is expected (if the GOPe and big donors are appeased).
But freezing the statewide field requires more than establishing a cult following over at Bearing Drift. Winning big in the current election cycle is what matters. Misplaced priorities and going out of her way to burn grassroots bridges and ridicule Trump supporters will not get her the big winning % she needs to freeze the statewide field next year.
So glad someone finally noticed the photo. It was not chosen by accident.
I thought they were just pointing out where Eric used to sit.
Has she got any of those old Romney/Bush consultants lying around?
Those rent seekers usually show up to her McLean fundraising receptions.
Tell us of her Frederick receptions, what hath ‘Right Call’ brought to the west?
And you were such a big fan of Comstock’s in 2014
– Yes, considering the 2014 primary/general alternatives.
– Still a yes, considering the 2016 alternative.
– As a 2017 candidate for Senator or Governor, too many unforced errors.
I wish Barbara had not felt the need to publicly denounce Trump. Silence is, at times, the better part of valour.
I just wonder what kind of political calculus went into that — did she actually think she would pick up more votes than she would lose? If she would have stayed quiet she could have had it both ways.
She’s new to the job and still learning.
No, this is a level of dopiness that is sought and achieved rather than stumbled into.
Like keeping the Rubio sticker on the car long after the primary, like that is some kind of party ‘fist in the air’ when really it is just so tacky.
No, she lives in a district that overwhelmingly voted against Trump, is purple-leaning-blue, and is full of voters who aren’t Trump’s demographic. Of course she doesn’t need to endorse him.
The district voted for Romney. She may not have needed to endorse Trump, nor did she need to denounce him. Party people support the ticket and are not happy when a candidate denounces the top of the ticket.
Her staff is part of the problem. They tend to move back and forth between the campaign office and the DC office, so their instincts are overly tainted by Capitol Hill players instead of district voters.
That’s true yet sad, one of the closest districts to Washington yet one of the farthest from her constituents.
If she pulls out a win, she should move to Frederick. (Or Delaplane)
Agreed.Like it or not, the vast majority of Republicans support Trump as well as millions of nonvoters who will show up to blast Nafta and amnesty.
The basic point is quite simple – what on earth made Ms. Comstock think ripping Trump would help her campaign? Didn’t work so well in Nevada. Did she think Democratic voters would be so impressed that they would vote for her? Not a chance. That liberal Republican voters might peel away and vote for a Democrat. Unlikely. But voters will peel away – Trump supporters.
Now she is cornered. Can’t return to Trump which pleases noone. Look like a typical politician who will say anything to win. Act like a conservative and blast Clinton, saying nothing about Trump. Will probably be her tack and her local Republican voters had better be in a forgiving mode.
With her track record of elitism, it matters not to me where the media groveling Representative goes. Probably to join Cantor robbing the public.
PS. Remington has Clinton +5 with 9% undecided. I seem to recall Ed Gillespie in a hopeless race against the richie rich Mark Warner.
I’ve never liked Trump, nor did I vote for him, but one must consider that he won Virginia’s primary with a plurality of 34.7 percent, with Rubio nipping at his heels with 31.9 percent, and Cruz pulled third with 16.9 percent. As I recall, Comstock endorsed Rubio’s bid, and wisely enough in regards to Virginia voters, but if Comstock loses, it will most assuredly be on account of her snub to Trump’s supporters who were miffed at her to begin with. ‘Twas Comstock who — even before she was first sworn in — pledged her allegiance to John Boehner and vowed to support his reelection over his challengers. That worked out well for her, and it didn’t take her long to climb the ladder by aligning herself with 75 House RINOs while joining 182 Democrats to completely fund DHS to fund Obama’s illegal-alien amnesty. Now, let me be clear: I cannot fully endorse Comstock, but when crunch time comes, I will vote for Comstock over Bennett, because I know this: Comstock is shrewd, and even she knows that there are some things that need fixing, and doing the opposite will mean her certain demise, i.e., ObamaCare. However, Bennett thinks ObamaCare is the best thing since freshly-picked vine-ripened tomatoes and vows to keep it and expand Medicaid. ‘Nuff said.
Good comment, thank you. It’s hard to believe we have a nominee who garnered so few votes in the Virginia primary. Only one third of the voters wanted him! That’s not anywhere close to enough to win a general election.
I agree, Bennett’s stance on ObamaCare is enough to disqualify her from holding office.
And even fewer wanted anyone else, yet overall he received more votes in America than any Republican in history.
Winning still means more votes than the other guy, so like it or not he’s the nominee.
Comstock may be an SOB, but she’s our SOB until we want/can repeal/replace and unceremoniously kick her to the curb in a party process.
Good luck with dislodging any democrat once they latch into the inner walls of the 10th.
Trump may have received more Republican votes than anyone else but his percentage was still well under 40%.
There will be no ‘party process’ for Comstock, ever. She has her primary for life.
Yes, once the 10th goes blue it will remain blue forever.
Agreed, and Trump’s ‘record-breaking’ total of 13.3 million votes is no big deal, since it tops G.W. Bush’s 2000 record by only 1.8 million, and our population has grown significantly since, but here’s the rub: Approximately 60 percent of voters — another record — wanted someone other than Trump, and with our population at 320 million, the math speaks for itself: (13.3 million / 320 million) x 100 = 4.125 percent. Now, if only 4.125 percent of America picked Trump as our GOP nominee, then we must ask ourselves what the rest wanted. Oh.
Well clearly logic dictated that they wanted some element of each other candidate, so deep within the bowels of the RNC, Dr. Victor Priebus could construct the ideal candidate out of all the pieces and create our 60% Republican.
Trump was our best now because the others were not politically superior.
The party picked the best that could win. The others coulda been a contender, but were not.
Can’t decide if you’re serious, or taking a shot at sarcasm, or just effing insane; “Trump was “politically superior”? “The party picked the best that could win”?
Or a combination of the three.
He won, makes him politically superior to those that could not.
None of our other Bozos could or would win — none of them could take on the media and the dem machine (but I repeat myself.)
None of our guys would take the fight to the enemy and Hillary would have had a cakewalk and we probably would have lost the house and senate.
You go to war with the army you have and you play the hand with the cards dealt.
Does America agree? We shall see.
Pick any one of the other 16 candidates and they all were picked by a lower % of voters. Why, you have to add Trumps numbers and all but the candidate you choose to determine the %. This argument is old and crazy. Limit the field to three choices and you get much better numbers. Wish all Americans participated in every election.
Not sure I understand your argument in full, but couldn’t agree more that 17 candidates ruined the debates, and ruined the chances of a candidate better suited to defeat Hillary from emerging as the nominee. Right now, Hillary is surging because (1) Trump comes to the debates unprepared, and it shows, (2) he can’t stop making childish insults, and even Tweets them at 3 a.m., (3) every day another piece of Trump’s past emerges that puts him on even keel with Bill Clinton, and (4) every day, it becomes clearer that Trump doesn’t really care if he loses, or not.
The debates are theatre with politics as actors. He is master in the world of edutainment. You think he’s the debbil, so everything he does or is accused of is debbilish. Make on two sheets a list of 2 columns — everything each nominee is accused of, and on the other, everything each side has done. How many witches need burning?
There is a reason justice wears a blindfold.
Don’t try putting words in my mouth, so let’s get something straight: If there is a ‘devil’ in this election, it’s the mainstream media that made Trump by gifting him something that no other GOP candidate received: Over $2 billion in free air time and publicity. With that having been said, the media can and will break him in half, and don’t forget the obvious: If anyone thinks that all of these supposed skeletons pouring from Trump’s closet are newly discovered, they need their head examined. The press knew all about them months ago, and there’s still the ‘October surprise’ they haven’t yet released. Count on it.
Yes, it was his free airtime that made the rest of our candidates suck.
There could be pictures of a man-lizard taking off the Trump mask to dine on small children and it wouldn’t approach the travesties from the Dems, Clinton, and their media accomplice.
The battle lines are drawn, either you’re on the side of the angels, or ‘You’re with Her.’
Fortunately Trump is helping Republicans take our party back.
Please explain how “Trump is helping Republicans take our party back”. In the truest of senses, I cannot see how that’s even possible. Now, if you’re just having fun by joking around, that’s one thing, but on some level, I suspect that you’re being serious.
I think the GOP has lost its mojo — just looking at this board how conservatives and Republicans are ok and even encouraging a Clinton win shows a most spectacular political ignorance.
Our conservative/Republican delegation endorsed the vote that made the primary happen.
A RNC Virginia delegation that goes to a convention to oppose the will of the party and the electorate.
The SCC jamming the taxpayers with a $4 million primary.
District committees that don’t do anything, anemic unit committees, conventions that are choreographed mass meetings.
Some people are actually indulging, and catering to libertarians and other special interest personality cults instead of promoting, educating, and electing Republicans capable of leadership and competence.
Look at the bozos we lose to and are losing to.
High time grown ups fix the GOP and focus on activities that can and deserve to win.
Get the new Trump blood into the units, and get rid of the district and state GOP do-nothing entities.
Trump people are like Reagan people who are tired of GOP business as usual, are mad about having to go make the parties and process behave.
We are structurally and systemically broken into two groups of elites battling to a deadlock with neither side respecting party loyalty. Way too much of Republican leadership are professional special interest affiliates of one sort or another. Everybody has their own agenda and the only one that can get agreement and matters is to Make America Great Again.
Let’s reap the whirlwind.
And each of the other nominees got less than him, even well less than 40%.
If Comstock wins, she is sufficiently damaged and can be replaced in any party process — if she loses, we have more of an uphill fight.
Trump people know what it means to keep their word and support the nominee — they will vote for Babs and it will probably be enough.
Yes, and she can forget that Senate seat that’s coming up next year.
She’s Shak-blocked on that front.
This conversation is really helping us win. Not.
We’re keeping all the libertarians and #nevers pinned down here so they can’t break things elsewhere. Not like they’re going out do something other than bark at the moon anyway.
So you vote for Comstock who will try every trick in the book to stop the things Trump says he wants to do? No way dude. I would not vote for Comstock for dog catcher in a town with no dogs.
You got some explaining to do on this one.
It’s purely tactical and slightly selfish. A dem incumbent is harder to fight against, I think that having Barbara face the Republican electorate once again will be the proper time and place to enact discipline. The selfish part is watching her have to behave with a Trump presidency. Just her congratulation speech will be sooo delicious. Trump winning her district, and her realizing that it was the Trump votes that put her in is just icing on the cake.
Trust me, it will be so much more fun this way.
Why is it so hard to believe that more republican voters in Virginia wanted Trump than either the establishment or Bush 43′ “rejects”?
The republicane keeps trying to cram members of the failed Bush 43′ administration down America’s throat.
Comstock, Comstock, Comstock, Cruz, Gillespie, and even worse, another Bush as in Jeb.
A Bush 43′ republicane administration where 3000 people died on 911, and the whole country went down the toilet in 2008.
Let’s quit pretending it didn’t happen. Let’s reject Comstock, Gillespie, Cruz, and anybody else from the Bush 43′ failure from ever being elected. Why does America have to keep telling the republicane NO?
Reject, reject, reject.
Obamacare does not need fixing.
In fact, we need to be on the lookout for Republicans who might try to “fix” it. Democrats are now trying to force taxpayers to bail out the insurance companies after Obamacare did what it was designed to do: Punish insurance companies until it is impossible to do business except as a subsidiary of Central Government. See how the creepy Democrats are moving the ball toward total central control of your healthcare?
So, let’s all agree to slap the hands of our Republican representatives every single time they talk about “fixing” Obamacare. The law has already become a cookie jar for tons of special interests (at taxpayer expense), and has purposely drawn many Republicans over to the trough as well. If we are not resolute and vigilant about this, they will entrench this horrible communist law and we will never be free of it.
Marco — It’s too late for even considering that ObamaCare can be repealed: Too many times and in every case that an entitlement program has been implemented, it has NEVER been repealed. Oh, don’t get me wrong — I abhor ObamaCare, and have been against it before it was even enacted, but the morphine drip has already addicted too many Americans for the Republicans to have enough spine to actually repeal it. It can only be altered or “replaced” with something that remains similar enough to attract enough Democrat votes in Congress, and I hate to be realistic, but there it is. Now, if you have another plan that you think has even a remote chance of success, let’s hear it, and you should share it with Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell. Oh, that’s right: They’re both sellouts for ObamaCare, and there we are again. After ObamaCare was enacted:
“Congressional leaders from both parties quietly and gratefully accepted
the special deal from the administration’s Office of Personnel
Management. It gives legislators and staff “Gold Level” ObamaCare
coverage with a 75 percent subsidy paid by taxpayers or even the option
of opting out and retaining their previous heavily subsidized plan. The
income of members and staff is simply not counted.” http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/242140-just-wrong-congress-quietly-takes-obamacare-waiver
And let’s not forget what happened when ObamaCare was twice challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court — it was twice upheld by (gasp!!!) Chief Justice Roberts, of all people. So, you can be wishful all you want, but it really is regrettably too late to repeal ObamaCare as Boehner and McConnell promised back in 2009.
Is her margin decreasing because she is not supporting Trump and she has displeased party loyalists, who appear to have been surveyed?
Or
Do those vocal loyalists represent only a fringe element and…
Is her margin decreasing because she can’t get far enough from Trump fast enough and the Democrat ground game is chewing her up even as Trump takes the RNC’s money to NC?
Her margin is decreasing because she has made a number of enemies as stated in the post. The Trump loyalists are one faction of those enemies.
Can you substantiate that claim with anything beyond opinion?
What you like me to show you? Proof that Bennett is ahead? The poll shows that. Do you want lists of those who are angry about her repudiation of Trump? Hang out on Twitter and Facebook and you will see plenty. Do you want names of people she angered in the 10th district when she insisted on a primary for life? A list of those in Frederick who are angry at her, and the 10th district, for interfering in their County Committee? Another list of those who were deeply disappointed in her when she did almost nothing to help our Republican candidate in Loudoun win the Chairmanship of the BOS? The grassroots who believe she shows way too much deference to what the Chamber wants? The Tea Party and grassroots who sees no evidence in her votes that she is a conservative?
Sometimes being ‘middle of the road’ does nothing but get you run over.
You think she’s middle of the road, I think she jumps out in front of the traffic going in both directions.
I would answer “yes” but the response might involve too much data for disqus. Nice response!
I know many people around here have watched her betray us on vote after vote. The “F” score on Conservative Review says it all. Loudoun County conservatives are not stupid, nor are they inattentive.
Now, did she have to make those enemies or did she go out of her way to make them.
Perhaps she’s just reflecting the crankiness of the district.
That may be true. We are of the cranky persuasion.
Spare us the torture, you say we shouldn’t vote for Barbara either?
Legitimate Question: Does it matter?
No.
Thanks for the clarification. I thought not.
I’m one of few words and fewer posts. It will be fun to see what happens when Trump wins big in the 10th and if Barbara doesn’t.
I don’t trust the internal Bennett polls. Expedition Strategies simply isn’t credible. http://action.luannforcongress.com/page/-/Bennett%20October%20Poll%20Results%20Memo%20-%20Press%20vF.pdf
Agree totally I would be very leery to hang much on their output but this may be a whole lot closer then she or her team ever expected. The northern portion of her district support has collapsed and while it never has been a large enough vote count wise to elect or deny her the job it is a critical (and typically solid Republican) factor in a close race (they didn’t get gerrymandered for no reason).
It’s Trump territory and by dissociating herself off the sample ballot from Trump and engaging in frequent anti nominee attacks she has made it just all that much easier to throw away these “reflex votes” on the Republican ticket. She is one of the worse retail politicians I have seen in my many years as a Republican voter. This could truly go either way in a district that Frank Wolf largely slept through re-elections events for over two decades.
Yes, the anti-Trump sentiment hurts Comstock the most in the areas that are the most solidly Republican. It can’t be a good thing to turn off the areas that house your core of support.
Turns out maybe not supporting the nominee is not good for a nominee?
Well, yeah. You could say that and some of us would even understand what you’re saying.
Without the northern part of the 10th district Romney would never have won the district. He lost Loudoun, but he won the 10th. The western part is very important to Republican candidates.
I corrected my comment as I intended to include the western district boundaries as well but simply forgot as I was focused on the Romney western district data that won him the 10th as you pointed out. Looks like there are two things that money can’t buy you now with a 100% guarantee these days love and elections.
And homegrown tomatoes. https://youtu.be/1-QzLIjL1u4
City folk just wouldn’t get it, but I think we do. 😉
If Bennett’s internals are incorrect, and Comstock’s internals are showing something else, now would be a good time for Comstock to release her polls.
I am not sure what her theory on that is. I don’t think she released internal poll numbers against Foust.
That was then, this is now, and things are quite different.
Nah, run scared and run catch up no matter what!
Barbara is in trouble. Before the Access Hollywood tape was released, her re-election appeared certain. Local Republicans expected a closer race than 2014, but, mentally, we could check the box. Not now! She’s behind and has to catch up. The 11% undecided voter figure is cause for concern.
Besides your list, within the party, there are other factors that will cost her votes, including the way she insisted on a primary, people upset by her endorsing unsuccessful candidates in party contests, and fallout from the tea-party/country club fracas in Frederick County. Remember, every vote really counts in this election!
The lack of a party apparatus in Eastern Loudoun will also be a problem and equate to fewer votes for her, especially in the Dulles Supervisor District where there is almost no party structure. Matt Latourneau may be Barbara’s Chamber of Commerce regional policy chum, but, after almost five years in office, he hasn’t bothered do any basic “blocking and tackling” party building to actually help her when she really needs it to keep her from getting creamed in his district.
If Barbara hopes to win, she needs tougher, hard-hitting, television ads. Pictures of her nice family and touring a factory work fine in an “It’s morning in America” election year. This is a “Nightmare in America” election year. There has been no response to LuAnn Bennett attack ads except to criticize her for not building a daycare center for a development project where an expected anchor tenant never materialized. instead of a warm testimonial by Dr. Roy, why doesn’t Barbara brag about her work on human trafficking and heroin abuse? These issues are real to Northern Virginia. Young women are being exploited and abused, People are dying. Lives are being ruined. She deserves great credit for spotlighting these issues and seeking resources and legislation to combat them.
Before voting, every Republican who has an issue with Barbara needs to consider that a Republican Congress will be the only political obstacle to the enactment of the legislative “dream” agenda of Hillary Clinton and every other former 1960’s student radical. Remember earlier in the year when we were arguing over which bathroom people should use?
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Well said. It seems Barbara has made enemies in a number of camps during her brief time in Congress. She certainly angered many people in the 10th district when she insisted on a primary for life. At that time she could have won a primary challenge using any method of nomination. There was no reason to anger so many people in the district with her heavy handed tactics to secure a primary. There was no need to make those enemies.
Comstock and Jo Thoburn have certainly turned away support in Frederick County with their heavy handed tactics there too.
She didn’t need to come out so strongly against Trump and make more enemies.
Comstock needs every vote she can get and in too many instances she has turned away voters, making enemies where she didn’t need to. No doubt she has learned from these errors and it’s not too late for her.
I would love to hear what strides have been made in curbing the heroin epidemic in the district. I see ads showing Comstock with Chapman saying they are working on the problem but I’d like to know more details. I am glad to hear Comstock is aware of this growing problem and is passing legislation but what is it and has it been effective?
Yes, this is the “Nightmare in America” election, one that will be nearly impossible to recover from.
Barbara likes close elections, she loves nail-biters. Why else would she fritter away political capital as she does and needle people not marching in lockstep with her?
Her political tone-deafness has brought her to where she is now, let’s see if she can yank up on the stick in time.
Barbara is our local Trump.
Sad, but I can’t disagree with you.
Why would I consider keeping Comstock in a Republican congress as a political obstacle to a Clinton administration when good ‘ol Babs votes right along with funding the Obama administration?
I’m interested in your comment about Barbara’s name not appearing on the sample ballot. Is that a thing she can do? I thought the local units made up the sample ballots….
You must have missed the part that said that she doesn’t want her name on the sample ballot with Trump, I.e., her choice.
That coupled with her statement about Trump means that she might lose and it will all be her own fault.
It is one thing if she feels that way, but there are consequences to sharing your feelings in public.
Exactly. Some think Comstock made the right call in distancing herself from Trump, others disagree.
That’s a good one, ‘Right Call’ Comstock… absolutely precious.
Trump people are going to be voting for Comstock just to screw with her.
I don’t think Trump people will be supporting Comstock. Perhaps she won’t need them, or those she angered in the 10th, or those Frederick County folks, or the electeds in Loudoun who she snubbed and refused to help, or the Tea Party folks, or the Conservatives, or all the others.
If Comstock does lose, which I doubt, she will blame Trump but he will not be the one responsible. The one responsible will be facing her in the mirror.
I believe most Trump supporters will vote for her, even though she has irritated everyone, for the same fundamental reason we have to support Trump. These politicians aren’t the most deserving or desirable choices, but they’re the best and only choices we have.
Then she can pass out those sample ballots.
It’s hard enough making Trump/Comstock signs and stickers from the available stock.
The local units do make up the sample ballots but it the local candidate requests that her name not appear on the ballot apparently she can control that. Some voters believe she has erred in requesting that her name not appear with Trump’s.
Yes, let’s support our nominee Barbara because she is the nominee who doesn’t want to support the Predidential nominee because they are the nominee.
Sonething cancels out there but I’m too lazy to do the math. Just screw it and vote for Babs and Trump because it is most entertaining that way.
You are so entertaining! Glad we have you on board at TBE!
I can’t believe any unit would do a sample ballot without Barbara. The real issue is getting people at the polls to pass out something with Barbara’s name on it.
You might think that, but Comstock has requested that her name not be on the sample ballot with Trump so it’s likely there will be no Republican sample in Loudoun except for Leesburg where they are having their local elections for Mayor and Town Council. I am hoping the LCRC will rethink their plans for sample ballots.
And you are correct, any Trump volunteers will not be passing out any sample ballots that encourage voters to vote for Comstock. She has burned that bridge to the ground and spread the ashes across the district.