The Republican loss in Virginia, which President Bush carried with 54 percent just a year ago, came after an 11th-hour campaign stop by Mr. Bush and the kind of all-out Republican effort to mobilize the vote that reaped rich rewards last year.
Yay.
Republicans argued, naturally, that none of this matters at all or means anything. Seen in the trash can was their list of talking points saying that this matters a lot and means everything.
Chairman of the Republican National Committee Ken Mehlman helpfully pointed out that correlation implies causation...
Ah! So they did it on purpose! Or it was just, you know, fate. Virginia always gets together the year after a presidential election and decides to go the opposite way in the governor's race. It's obvious.
Anyway, yay.
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