Yesterday there was no general repudiation of Republicans following Congressional Republicans’ failed (and outrageous) gambits over the budget and debt ceiling last month. In the three most followed races progressive Democrat Bill de Blasio was elected mayor of New York by a wide margin to nobody’s surprise and New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie won re-election by a wide margin in the bright Blue Garden State.
The only surprise was in the widely-followed race for governor of increasingly Purple Virginia. Despite an extremely large pre-election polling advantage Clintonite Democrat Democrat Terry McAuliffe eked out a three percentage point victory over the strident Tea Party Republican Ken Cuccinelli. Winning is winning and it’s better than losing.
Politics continues to be local and personal.
