QUICK, THERE GOES ANOTHER ONE UNDER THE BUS - AT 8:28 A.M. ET:  The Obama administration is learning the art of the purge, well practiced during its campaign for president.

Now, a Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia looks like he's next to go under the bus.  From the Washington Post:

Sensing that victory in the race for Virginia governor is slipping away, Democrats at the national level are laying the groundwork to blame a loss in a key swing state on a weak candidate who ran a poor campaign that failed to fully embrace President Obama until days before the election.

The greatest sin - not pledging full allegiance to Dear Leader. 

Senior administration officials have expressed frustration with how Democrat R. Creigh Deeds has handled his campaign for governor, refusing early offers of strategic advice and failing to reach out to several key constituencies that helped Obama win Virginia in 2008, they say.

Democratic strategists said that over the summer, Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) offered Deeds advice on winning a statewide election. Among other things, Kaine, who is also chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told Deeds that he should lay out more of his own vision and stop attacking Republican Robert F. McDonnell so ferociously. But Deeds did not embrace the advice, according to a national Democratic strategist.

COMMENT:  No, it's all his fault.  It couldn't possibly be disillusionment with the Obama administration and the Democratic Party in general.  That would be impossible, for this administration is Divinely guided.  It's Creigh Deeds.  Under the bus isn't good enough for him.  Under a gas-guzzling SUV.  That's his fate!

These guys would have been great during the French Revolution.

October 23, 2009