re: #1 Jay C

It seems to me that McAuliffe indeed got out-maneuvered. I am not sure how much was real outrage and how much was purchased theater.

It also seems to me that the GQP brought in a lot of money and national personnel to get Youngkin elected. Youngkin is, at least, a multi-millionaire and has a lot of wealthy and well-connected friends from the Carlyle Group.

Interestingly, a lot of the culture war theater effort was put into Loudoun County. And yet Loudoun County stayed blue.