Well That Sucks

Governor Glenn Youngkin

That's a very bad omen. Not just because people fell for the bullshit Republicans continue to spew, and not just because the Press Poodles seem all too happy to think everything's "back to normal" again, so they can enjoy selling dick pills and Medicare supplementals during the breaks in their smarmy horse race "coverage".

Seems like Americans are giving up - saying, "We're willing to believe in the Trumpian bullshit, we just don't want Trump to be the guy."

Another triumph of the self-deluding colloquialism, along the lines of, "Free Market Capitalism didn't fail us, we failed to be sufficiently Free-Market-y and Capitalistic.

WaPo:

Republican Glenn Youngkin wins Virginia governor’s race

RICHMOND — Virginia voters chose Republican Glenn Youngkin as their next governor, dramatic reversal for a state that had appeared solidly Democratic in recent years and a significant loss for President Biden and the party’s establishment.

Former Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe came up short in his bid to become only the second Virginia governor since the Civil War to win a second term, with key suburban districts joining rural parts of the state in favoring Youngkin by a narrow margin.

Republicans appeared to sweep the other statewide races, with Winsome Sears projected to win lieutenant governor and Del. Jason Miyares (Virginia Beach) declaring a win for attorney general. Sears is the first Black woman elected statewide in Virginia and Miyares would be the first Latino. A red wave also washed through the House of Delegates, turning a 55-45 Democratic majority into what could become a 51-49 Republican majority.

The victories, projected by the Associated Press and Edison Research, come only a year after Biden carried Virginia over Donald Trump by 10 points, a wild swing that casts doubt on Democrats’ agenda in Richmond and Washington alike.

Youngkin is now a bright new star for the GOP — a basketball-playing business tycoon who navigated the trickiest path in politics, appealing to moderate voters while still bringing out the most enthusiastic followers of Trump.

And the dog whistle is coming in loud and clear: 

“From the farms of the Shenandoah Valley to the docks and shipyards of Hampton Roads, to the coalfields in Southwest Virginia, from the banks of the James River to the memorials in Arlington National Cemetery, this is our Virginia to build together and we are going to go to work on day one,” Youngkin told supporters around 1:15 a.m. Wednesday, once the race had been called.

The former co-CEO of the Carlyle Group private equity firm, Youngkin flirted with Trump’s election conspiracy theories by refusing to directly acknowledge the legitimacy of Biden’s win until after he secured the GOP nomination in the spring. Late in the race, he steered away from his emphasis on “election integrity,” and while he welcomed Trump’s endorsements, he never campaigned with the former president.

There's more, but that's as much as a I can stomach for now.