On The Other Other Hand

Some history of how winning Democratic campaigns for governor in Virginia had been run.

Yes, the state's demographics have shifted. But McAuliffe very much ran as a Democratic partisan in 2021. https://t.co/gRKYkbSzX0 pic.twitter.com/4Z4dXUxt7m

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) November 3, 2021

I don’t know about Virginia, but running as a Democratic partisan in Texas is a sure-fire way to lose, even if you are running on policies to help the working class.

Yesterday's results were foreshadowed a year ago, when suburbanites' rebuke of Trump did not translate downballot, and Dems lost House seats & suffered crushing losses in legislative races. None of Ds targeted chambers flipped even though Biden won many of the swing districts.

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) November 3, 2021

The Gateway Pundit is floating the idea that the Glenn Youngkin win might be a part of a "larger psyop" carried out by Democrats, which centers around McAuliffe "as a sacrificial lamb." But, in reality, they still think Democrats will still steal "future election[s] at will."

— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) November 3, 2021

I love the smell of recriminations in the morning.

— Sasha Issenberg (@sissenberg) November 3, 2021