Who to Blame for Virginia?

[magicguido]

Biden should have grabbed Manchin by the balls and said if you don't deliver we'll lose VA. You only represent .5 of the populations; we represent over 70%

We didn't deliver; voters said; "if the Dems can't deliver; time to vote red.

[Historic NY]

1. The shift from blue to red is well an embarrassment...

next time don't run a "was been"

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. A progressive candidate would have smoked "Donny Jr." Youngkid.

[bottomofthehill]

6. I dont think you know Virginia politics if you believe this to be true

Centrist candidates are what have turned and kept the state blue until last night.

[Claustrum]

2. Why should we run against Trump?

It's like if republicans are making the whole election about Obama or Hillary, none of whom are on the ballot. I hate Trump as much as everyone around here. But lets not run against him until he actively inserts himself in the race. He didn't do that for VA.

I want to see justice done to Trump but it's not because I want to use it for election purposes. It's because I want justice done.

[FBaggins]

3. Nope - It wasn't that Dems weren't credible as opponents of Trump

It was that Trump was never on the ballot in enough voters' minds.

This shouldn't be news. Biden won because enough people wanted to get rid of Trump... but he had no coattails because other Republicans couldn't be stained as mini-Trumps just because they were in the same party... and actual mini-Trumps were in districts where that wasn't a negative thing.

[cilla4progress]

4. Totally agree with post above -

Their candidate was "fresh", "new", "brash". American voters love - need - this. Shallow.

Ours was a has- been who we ran because he had the connections, $$. Who funded Youngkin?

[bottomofthehill]

7. Youngkin spent 20 million of his own dollars

from Forbes

Youngkin has already been putting his fortune to work in the gubernatorial race. Since January, the former Carlyle CEO has loaned $16.5 million to his campaign, making up nearly half of his fundraising haul of $35.3 million. Despite his wealth and connections from his time at Carlyle, which was founded by three of America’s wealthiest private equity magnates—David Rubenstein, Bill Conway and Daniel D’Aniello—Youngkin hasn’t been as successful in attracting donations from billionaires: Forbes found eight billionaires and spouses of billionaires who donated a combined $270,000 to Youngkin’s campaign, including Koch family scion William Koch and Tennessee’s former Republican Governor Bill Haslam.

[cilla4progress]

8. I think this is the real story.

We had a chance to keep money out of politics. Once the Rs bought the Supreme Court, who determined (Roberts) that money IS speech, the writing was on the wall...

Also, that there is no racism in electoral politics...