Republicans cite their 2.5-point defeat in the Virginia governor’s race as proof that Ken Cuccinelli would have reversed his fortunes if he’d hammered earlier and longer on Obamacare, an issue the attorney general said tightened the contest in its final days.
Democrats argue Terry McAuliffe’s narrow Nov. 5 victory amid a glitch-plagued rollout of the insurance program shows they can navigate politically around public opposition to the law, particularly once healthcare.gov is fixed.
The party that’s correctly reading the election results could have an advantage heading into the 2014 elections in which Republicans are seeking to hold their House majority, while Democrats are fighting to maintain control of the Senate. CONT.
Julie Hirschfeld Davis & John McCormick, Bloomberg