WTF, Terry?

Put me down as still thinking Terry McAuliffe as the odds-on favorite to win the Virginia governorship. Cuccinelli’s base knows him extremely well and loves him. McAuliffe, as a candidate as opposed to someone known by political insiders, is relatively unknown and not terribly connected to President Obama. But having said all that, WTF? This is a pretty daunting poll for Democrats. (The poll finds Cuccinielli running 5 points ahead of McAulliffe.) Not because it’s necessarily dispositive about this race but because the extremely damaged GOP brand just doesn’t seem to matter as much as some seem to expect. If you’re not familiar with Ken Cuccinelli he’s basically the avatar of all the GOP’s most extreme positions. And yet he’s running a few points ahead of the Democrat in this race, albeit hardly a strong candidate.