Deeds Ill Done
You don’t often see the Washington Post publish a post-mortem 10 days before an election, but it looks like the Democratic Party has come to bury Virginia gubernatorial nominee R. Creigh Deeds, not to praise him. Deeds trails by 8 points or so.
Deeds is the most union-friendly candidate Virginia has seen in a while, but you have to wonder how much attention he has actually paid to labor issues after reading this quote from a recent debate:
“Anecdotally — I know a guy who’s in the food service business who says he can save hundreds of millions of dollars or more in public education by privatizing food service and janitorial service,” Deeds said. “We have to think innovatively, we’ve got to be reinventing the process of government.”
That’s the way to get union supporters to the polls, Mr. Deeds. All you need now is a few kind words about vouchers and you’re all set.
