Leave it to Mark Levin to say exactly what many conservatives have believed but not said.

The RINO wing of the GOP — and Karl Rove specifically — do not want a Ken Cuccinnelli victory in Virginia.

In this corner we have believed this for some time. In its own way this reminds of the 1980 presidential race. The RINO in question than was one of Ronald Reagan’s GOP primary opponents — Illinois Congressman John Anderson. Anderson lost resoundingly to Reagan in the primaries, but as usual picked up a core of fans in the liberal media.

With Reagan now the nominee — and with Establishment Republicans like ex-President Gerald Ford having gone on record to insist Reagan was too “extreme” to ever win a national election — Anderson refused to support Reagan. Instead, he set out to make the claim that Reagan couldn’t win a self-fulfilling prophecy. Anderson decided to run for president in the fall election as a third party candidate, a deliberate attempt to sabotage Reagan. The bid failed, Reagan won in a 44-state landslide, humiliating both incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and Anderson.

But the message was delivered. Establishment Republicans demand party unity — unless they lose to a conservative. Ken Cuccinelli — the man who led the fight against Obamacare — is now gaining rapidly on Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race, in no small part because Virginia voters are losing their health insurance because of Obamacare.

I could go on here – and on and on. But Mark Levin has done such a superb job of making this case that I thought this Monday before the Virginia election he should speak for himself here.

So below, Levin on the RINOs, Rove and what is really going on in Virginia:

The RINOs want a Terry McAuliffe victory in Virginia.

Many in the GOP establishment, from major fundraisers and consultants, to GOP officeholders such as the GOP Lt. Gov and mayor of Virginia Beach, have either trashed Attorney General Ken Cuccinnelli or endorsed McAuliffe outright. The GOP national machine has done next to nothing for Cuccinnelli. And GOP bag man, Karl Rove, is all over Fox without a word of support for Cuccinnelli, while he schemes and whispers behind the scenes against conservatives nationwide.

Having tried to sabotage Cuccinnelli’s candidacy from the start, these GOP actors are hoping for a Cuccinnelli loss and a big Chris Christie win (built on a Huey Long style of politics) to make the case that only big government Republicans can win and limited government, constitutional conservatives, such as Tea Party activists, are too extreme to prevail. They’ve already written the script.

In fact, the GOP establishment’s attacks on the Tea Party, which is an obvious assault on conservatives and conservatism generally, are increasingly difficult to distinguish from Obama and the Left’s attacks on the same folks. The ruling class in Washington is clearly united in one respect: to wipe out conservative resistance to their corruption, cronyism, and nation-killing policies.

Keep an eye on RINO columnists like Washington Compost mouthpiece Jennifer Rubin, as well as Rove and other commentators on cable TV, who have and will continue to reveal it all through their myopic ruling class lenses in the days ahead. As I said, their propaganda is written and ready to spread. And they’ll be given soap box after soap box to spin away.

Meanwhile, despite it all, including tens of millions of dollars in relentless leftwing smear ads funded by truly extreme groups hoping to beat Cuccinnelli and turn Virginia into Hillary Clinton territory in 2016, much of the big GOP money stays on the sidelines. Better to try to clear the field of conservatives who threaten the ruling class and its preferred nominees. Better to protect the RINO investment in big government than beat Hillary. The conservative grassroots is to be crushed and dispirited.

So, that’s the game. Still, recent polls show Cuccinnelli closing fast. This makes the Left and RINOs very nervous. The rest of us are cheering, and hopefully helping, the underdog. We identify with him, not the sleazy McAuliffe, his radical donors, and the ruling class. We won’t retreat. We won’t give up. We will fight for the last vote. What a sweet victory it would be! But make no mistake, this is one of many, many battles to come, win, lose, or recount.

What these people will never understand is that for most of us this isn’t about politics per se but preserving what’s left of our society, Constitution, and individual free will. It is about our families and our way of life. It is about who we are as Americans. We are not surrendering to this because we will not sit quietly while the ruling class continues to destroy our nation. We fight against growing oppression as many did before us. And we will fight like hell through the constitutional process. We will continue to learn, we will take names, and we will battle these people and groups at every turn, and in every election. We are not going anywhere.

And as the ruling class catastrophe continues to unfold, as with Obamacare, the monstrous debt, and suffocating regulations, and with the cycle of unsustainable spending and confiscatory taxing, the coerciveness of the ruling class and its federal agencies will only intensify. There will be a commensurate backlash.

The sleeping giant that is the American people is only beginning to awaken. It is only a matter of time until more people are roused to join this all important constitutional fight. We fight to hold Virginia today and we fight on thereafter.

http://spectator.org/blog/2013/11/04/lev...e-push-for-mcau

I totally believe that the GOPe is working for Kens loss in that state so that they can use it as a threat to others about going against the DC establishment. My only disagreement is in that it will only solidify the base against the GOPe, not bring them in line like they think.

We are a secular country, so anyone who mentions God or ****HORROR OF HORRORS***** says that God might not agree with abortion, is a real wacko and should never - NEVER - run for political office.

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Cuccinnelli would be sailing to an easy vctory were it not for the Cruz/Lee shutdown fiasco.

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If you want to win votes you keep the condemnation of the damned on the back burner. Everyone knows, and every religion teaches God Frowns on abortion....homosexual relation...adultory etc... Going there to win brownie points from the choir is just not smart.

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We are a secular country, so anyone who mentions God or ****HORROR OF HORRORS***** says that God might not agree with abortion, is a real wacko and should never - NEVER - run for political office.

Got it!

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If you want to win votes you keep the condemnation of the damned on the back burner. Everyone knows, and every religion teaches God Frowns on abortion....homosexual relation...adultory etc... Going there to win brownie points from the choir is just not smart.

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Puh-lease

The guy who says this is not going for the win, I wouldn't plow money behind him either.

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You seem to be in favor of candidates hiding who they are.

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No. I'm in favor of candidates who want to win. Alienating over half the population is a never good idea.

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Just to close the loop - Romney is a Mormon - but to my knowledge he never minimized it or backpeddled that in any way. I could have voted against him on that basis alone, because I have serious problems with Mormonism. But I didn't - I weighed that in the mix of who he was, and I was able to get past it.

I suggest most voters are able to do the same

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Different issues all together.

You're suggesting people us faith as a litmus test, I am not. I happen to agree with him, but it has nothing to do with running for office. He's preaching and judging over and above what's necessary if he wants to win socially liberal anybody. That he is ProLife is enough. That he is a stong Christian is great but shouldn't matter. The perception is he puts his faith above others (we all do, actually) Not what most people want in a leader.

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I don't live in Virginia or its environs, so I don't know firsthand what this campaign has been like. From what I've heard, however, the democrats are spending million$$$ to run their usual "he hates women because yada yada yada BS BS BS"

I'll repeat - if someone is a religious person, then that's who they are. I am NOT - REPEAT NOT - suggesting that it should be a litmus test, although in some cases it might be. Would you vote for a Muslim? I wouldn't

But you're probably right, though. Since the dems have unlimited resources to dredge up anything (and with Youtube it's not that hard) that someone said in their public life, then the solution is simple:

Run hedonists for office.

They must be atheists. They must be for infanticide. Marriages of 2, 3, or 4 or even your dog.

Sounds like a winner to me.

Religious loon = anyone who believes in God

Thanks, sneak