Connolly Wins Fairfax Straw Poll

So, most of the Democrats attending the FCDC dinner were supporters of Harris Miller and not Jim Webb? That's what Leslie Byrne's husband seems to be spinning, but it's just not true.

Those attending the dinner represented the core of Democratic activists in Fairfax County and all of them support Jim Webb. They just support Gerry Connolly over Byrne.

The Byrne campaign has failed to catch fire with the 11th District voters and this straw poll of Democratic activists makes that clear.

The Byrne campaign has gone negative in a desperate move to pull this race out in the final days.

It's not going to happen.

Leslie Byrne is just not going to win. Everyone at the JJ last night knows it. She knows it. Richard Simmons knows it.

If you'ev seen Leslie speak in public recently you can tell how dejected and angry she seems.

When Leslie gets crushed on June 10th, I wonder what all these bloggers will think. Seems to me this race is the ultimate proof that bloggers have no effect on turning out the vote.

I saw and listened to Leslie, Gerry, Doug and Lori on Saturday. She was far from dejected, and none of them seemed any more angry than you would expect any Democrat candidate to be.

She's playing Hillary to Gerry's Obama and will do anything short of a direct nuculear attack. Gerry is out of touch with the Left Wing of the 11th District, because he operates more in the Center. And that's more representative of the District than Leslie's constituency is. Leslie will burn bridges on ideology, Gerry won't.

In fairness to Larry, he has to "spin it" in a way only favorable to Leslie. He's not only her husband, it's his job. Whether he actually believes it or not, we'll never know.

But she seems to be the same Leslie I listened to two months ago. 23 days and then she can decide which office she'll run for next.

A previous writer, by accusing Larry Byrne of spinning the JJ dinner guests as a whole room full of Harris Miller backers over Jim Webb, commits an error of logic that should not be permitted in this discussion. What is said about Gerry Connolly is not applicable to most or all of the guests at dinner, just because they are in the same room. This is a Karl Rove guilt-by-association tactic.

I supported Jim Webb's Senate bid very early, and what Larry stated here is true: Gerry Connolly and many of his close circle were still running Harris Miller well after the primary was over. They mistreated Webb volunteers and frustrated the Webb campaign at every turn. Many of the Miller loyalists were in attendance last night, although they did not outnumber activists loyal to Sen. Webb. Larry's comment about the behavior of our Chairman of the Board during last year's Senate race is also accurate. His conduct was shameful, and he has not been held to account for it. Pointing to facts is not "going negative." Don't shoot the messenger just because the truth hurts.

Looks like Leslie is feeling the heat. She just has a new, totally negative mailer out that has nothing to do with real issues.

Is this the only way she can win? I guess so.

Keep going Gerry and Barry, we're almost there, keep those women out of politics

Women have no place outside the home unless they are buying flour to make me cookies and definitely don't deserve recognition at memorials on the Mall.

I've been following this race and occasionally even reading the drivel that Leslie's blogger are putting out... I can't for the life of me figure out what Leslie is for

It seems like she is against many, many things and people (mostly other Democrats) but do we want a Congressperson who doesn't stand for anything?

That is why we're all supporting Mark Warner

No Horse makes the case for having Super Delegates.

Crash the party and then demand a full seat at the table without having ever done anything to contribute to what's on the table.

Maybe the people who came up with the Super Delegate concept weren't so stupid after all.

Very insightful use of categories on this post.

Sad, but Leslie and Larry's campaign seems to consist of nothing more than last-minute negative and misleading attacks on the leading Democratic candidate Gerry Connolly, while plastering a photo of a stolid Jim Webb on any piece of Byrne lit available.
And now, I suppose we must ready ourselves for a GOP-like procedural effort by Larry on Primary Day to question, delay, frustrate and set aside voting results that go against Leslie.