I’m a sucker for trying to find a silver lining when elections don’t go as hoped. In 2022, when the Republican wave didn’t materialize, the relief when the GOP officially won back the House was more than enough to celebrate. When Barack Obama was elected in 2008, and Democrats had majorities in the House and the Senate, I really couldn’t see a silver lining at all. It didn’t take a genius to know that our country was in deep trouble. In 2012, when Obama was reelected for some reason, it was little consolation that he’d won with fewer votes and with fewer states.
The recent off-year elections in Virginia were another disappointment where the silver lining is truly hard to find. I previously reported that Republicans were outspent in most of the key elections that took place on Election Day 2023. In Virginia, this was largely due to the Republican National Committee’s refusal to send money to the Virginia Republican Party. But that’s not much of a silver lining, is it? Is it possible we could have won a few more seats and the majority had more resources been invested there? Sure. But what good does talking about the “what-ifs” do for us?
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