Summary: If You’re a Republican Running for Governor This Year, You’re Up By 14.

Enjoy the moment, Republicans. You don’t get many days where both your candidates in the year’s major gubernatorial races are up by 14 percentage points.

If you asked me what’s holding back Democrat Creigh Deeds in Virginia, I might point to his craven, raw ambition, or his vacuous theme, “this is Deeds Country.” But the Republican Party of Virginia put together a web video that’s pretty tough to refute — since the primary ended, way too much of Deeds’ strategy has been a slow-footed, reactive, “me too!”