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Seth Meyers: Bannon Could Face Criminal Charges; Trump Tells Republicans Not to Vote; Both of These Things Rock

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Targetpractice10/14/2021 11:03:33 pm PDT

re: #48 ckkatz

I like your viewpoint much more than what I am seeing. That’s for certain!

I’d advise taking it with a grain of salt, because while I have few illusions about my own district turning blue (it hasn’t in a gov race in a long awhile), there’s nothing that says a snake like Yongkin couldn’t have finally hit upon the formula that helps the VA GQP crack Northern Virginia. Not that it’s a new formula, he’s a “aw, shucks” asshole running as a “moderate” and trying to put as much distance between himself and the last presidential loser while still retaining as much support from the party base as he can.

Cucci tried the Trump strategy of boosting party turnout and lost by a (relatively) narrow margin while Gillespie yoked himself to Trump a year after the previous presidential election and got crucified for the effort. Youngkin seems to be trying desperately to chart a middle course that the VA GQP will no doubt look to follow next year if he’s successful.