Like we didn't expect this?

The Virginia governor campaign is being characterized as very nasty.  Well, it's obvious that the Cooch can't run on his record or his issues, because he is so wacky right-wing that if he did, not only would he demonstrate to the middle and left voters that he's totally unfit for office, he'd also motivate a lot of them to vote against him.  So all he can do is to attack McAuliffe.

Now, McAuliffe scares me, because while it makes sense to show what a righty wingnut Cooch is, he should also demonstrate that he's got a set of ideas for Virginia.  His record, though he hasn't been a politician, is not riddled with the lunacy of Cooch's record.  So while it's necessary to keep the pressure on the Cooch's kookiness, McAulifee should also be showing that he can govern, and that he's got a set of plans to govern with.   That would differentiate him more from the Cooch.  And he needs to.  Cooch in the governor's chair is UNTHINKABLE.  (Or ABOMINABLE.  Take your pick.)

If the Cooch showed his hand with his real plans, a lot of of the Virginia voters would just plain vomit due to both disorientation - because his positions are so dizzyingly daffy that it makes the heads of normal people spin - and due to their actual substance, which is deeply  unpalatable.  Hey, we have 80-year old grandmothers confessing they've committed sodomy and would be eligible for a jail sentence if Cooch gets elected.

But negative is the only way Cooch can run, because if he ran on who he really is and what he stands for, McAuliffe would win in a laugher.