Surprise

Surprise!

The guy that I voted for, Creigh Deeds, actually won.

My electoral batting average isn't high, because, given any kind of a chance, I will always vote for the underdog.   I really don't know much about Deeds, except that he is a Democrat, which is good enough, and that he is from this part of Virginia, the west central, which is lightly populated and so generally not as influential, compared to Northern Virginia, the parts just south and west of D.C. and the area that I associate with his rivals, Terry McAuliffe and Bryan Moran.

The local Democrats took no position with regard to the three candidates, but we did get more phone calls from Deeds than we did from the other two,  and he came from behind.

The Washington Post says that at a victory party in nearby Charlottesville, Deeds thanked his supporters for turning out despite the rain, hail, and thunderstorms that broke out all over the state yesterday.

That's odd.  Here it was clear, sunny, and  calm nearly all day, and not till about five, two hours before the polls closed, did a violent thunderstorm break out that lasted well into the night.

And for today the weather forecast for the next five days  is exactly the same as it was for yesterday -- chances between 20 and 40 percent for thunderstorms.

That's great news, because usually June around here is much too hot and dry, and right now the greenery is having a field day.

Deeds still has to face a Republican before he can become governor, and the Virginia Republican Party is in a big battle with itself, as is happening in several other states as well, as they regroup not to do good for the people but just to win, and they just recently dumped their chairman, who had become known for thinking and  speaking out from the lower instead of the upper end of his spinal column.