Democrats clean up, even the evil ones

Opinion of the Democratic brand is lower than a centipede with fallen arches, finding approval with only one-third of Americans, according to recent polling.

If that is true, and I believe it is, how do you explain the benighted Democrats winning three important races Tuesday night?

OK, New York City has gone batshit nutz, electing a big-promising Democratic socialist. Zohran Mamdani is the 21st Century Norman Thomas. 

NYC is a full-blown coastal elite poster child.The Zohran is the prince of the city. All he has to do now is deliver. 

But New Jersey and Virginia have each elected a Republican as its chief executive — Virginia’s current governor (Glenn Youngkin); New Jersey’s last governor (Chris Christie) — so they are up for grabs, they are in play. 

Yet voters slammed the door on the GOP candidates.

Why?

Because while the Democrat brand is crap, obviously some Republican candidates — when push comes to shove, when self-interest is measured against tough talk — are even worse. The tighter a Republican candidate is to President Donald J. Trump, the worse they will do in a moderate state.

So in Virginia, moderate Democrat Abigail Spanberger became the state’s first female governor at the expense of conservative Republican candidate (with a great first name) Winsome Earle-Sears. (Disclosure: For some reason Trump did not endorse her by name. My guess is he saw polls showing her to be a loser, and we know how he feels about losers.)

In New Jersey, Trump did endorse conservative Republican Jack Ciattarelli, who lost in a squeaker to moderate Democrat Mikie Sherrill.  

Even more worrisome to Republicans is the outcome of midterm elections next year. With only two exceptions (during World War II and after 9/11) the party in power has lost seats in the House, and the GOP has a razor-thin three-vote majority. I stand by the prediction I have been making for months that the GOP will lose the House, notwithstanding tradition—breaking redistricting by some red states to gerrymander extra seats.

Speaking of which, California voted to turn its back on its recent tradition of nonpartisan redistricting to gobble up a few House seats. The move, endorsed by Gov. Gavin Newsom was completely unprincipled and totally justified, because Republicans had done the same.

I am pretty much OK with all of the winning candidates. I am very upset with Jay Jones being elected attorney general of Virginia. This cretin had texted a death fantasy about killing an elected Republican official and his two children.

Anyone with a mind that immoral should never hold public office and the slim majority of Virginians who elected him should have to endure death threats against their families.

The Democratic Tuesday wins should have Republicans quaking about what will happen next year.

You can argue against me if you like, but you are arguing against what the voters decided Tuesday. So go argue with them.