All eyes will be on Virginia tomorrow. Everyone is wondering if Terry McAuliffe will find a way to win (steal) the election. Every poll shows him trailing big time and he can’t draw a crowd big enough to fill a phone booth. His opponent, Glen Youngkin, on the other hand appears to be surging. Few people would predict McAuliffe winning in an honest election. But those of us who watched clueless Joe Biden get 81 million votes are prepared for anything. Incredibly it seems possible that McAuliffe may still lose. He is clearly terrified, which is why his campaign has already sued the Post Office for allegedly not delivering 300,000 absentee ballots. No one seems to know what ballots they are even talking about, and the Post Office immediately dismissed this as nonsense. Perhaps the real question is why, if McAuliffe thought he was winning, would they do this. Sure looks like absolute panic to me.
McAuliffe was allegedly leading or at least tied in every poll, until he got help from Barack Obama, Joe Biden and even Kamala Harris. Once people saw these performances, he began shredding potential voters in the polls and some show him losing by a huge margin. A margin so large that even 300,000 miraculous last minute absentee voters may not be enough.
Virginia used to be a rational state, but it is now dominated by the usual suspects commuting to Washington, D.C. The closer one gets to Washington, D.C. the less likely they are to exhibit rational thought and no place is closer than Virginia, although Maryland is lurking there to the north. In addition, remember that people like Joe Biden allegedly commuted to and from Washington D.C. on Amtrack.
In any event, if Youngkin wins in Virginia this will be the shot heard round the world. Even Kamala Harris stupidly admitted that in her failed attempt to help McAuliffe over the line. At this point, it is far from sure that Democrats can steal enough votes to stave off the inevitable.
By the way, in 1862 West Virginia had enough and literally left the state. Now normally when there is talk about part of a state moving to another state, it is just nonsense. But in West Virginia that actually happened, and they have now sent Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties an opportunity to accept the invitation first extended in 1862. That would truly be wild, but appears to be a real possibility:
Justice invites 3 Maryland counties to join West Virginia (msn.com)
In any event, we are headed toward virgin territory. If McAuliffe wins, we can expect widespread skepticism about the results. But if Youngkin wins, we can be sure Democrats will scream foul. The only thing certain is uncertainty. Frankly no matter how this turns out, the fact that it is even close screams loudly about the Obama, Biden and Harris fall from grace. No one is pretending that anyone cares about what they have to say, and some may be voting the other way, just to spite.
My own prediction is that is McAuliffe loses, it will cause widespread panic among any Democrat seeking re-election in 2022. It might even scare some of them enough to consider doing the right thing for the right reason, but it is never wise to predict this kind of behavior from an elected Democrat. Frankly, I think that will happen regardless of the results, but if McAuliffe bites the dust, it will happen at the speed of light. We will see material changes in the Democratic Party that will arrive faster than previously ordered Christmas Presents.
Remember the key principle in the Democratic Party. They can never lose, for any reason. But if they do, they always find someone or something to blame. In this case, all of that will fall on the sloping shoulders of sleepy Joe Biden. Hank Williams, the cowboy prophet wrote about this in July 1952.
Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh
But if Joe goes, they get Kamala. “Me Oh My Oh.”
TDM