Virtually Normal  —  The morning after the election, the Democratic candidate concedes and wishes his opponent well.  The Republicans keep pushing conspiracy theories.  —  Isn't it interesting that Democrats appear to have forgotten how to manipulate voting machines, stuff ballot boxes …

Democrats Need to Face Up to Their Public School Problem Education should be helping Democrats, not hurting.  What happened?  —  Election reaction statements by politicians and interest groups may be the most robotic genre in the messaging business.  Every outcome proves everybody was right all along.

The Democratic Unraveling Began With Schools  —  Republican Glenn Youngkin's victory in Tuesday's Virginia gubernatorial election was about schools.  It wasn't about Donald Trump, or inflation, or defunding the police, or Medicare for All, or President Joe Biden's infrastructure agenda.

Professional conservatives find a path to victory with ginned-up outrage over critical race theory  —  Right-wing operatives birth an astroturf campaign, right-wing media whips up a national frenzy, and another conservative is elected on the back of professional outrage

How the Democrats Lost Virginia  —  The pollster Sean Trende believes that the outcome of the gubernatorial election has less to do with debates about critical race theory than with the economy and the typical disadvantages of the party in power.  —  On Tuesday, the Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin won …

No, Glenn Youngkin won't be the ‘most homophobic’ governor ‘in Virginia history’  —  GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin's upset victory in Tuesday's Virginia gubernatorial election is sending shockwaves through the Democratic Party establishment and the liberal media ecosystem.

Schumer hints at filibuster reform after GOP blocks voting rights bill  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday that Democrats will explore “alternative paths” to pass voting rights legislation after Republicans blocked a bill named after the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.).

Border GOP lawmakers urge Dem leaders to pull immigration provisions from spending bill, citing migrant crisis  —  Democrats have been mulling various forms of protection for illegal immigrants in the Build Back Better Act  —  Nancy Pelosi says social spending bill moving swimmingly despite reported infighting

Meet Ed Durr, the candidate who might knock Steve Sweeney out of the Senate  —  Meet Edward Durr, giant slayer.  Maybe.  —  Durr, a truck driver for the furniture store Raymour & Flanigan, held a roughly 2,000-vote advantage Wednesday morning over Senate President Steve Sweeney …