Written by T. Logan Dayne<\/p>\n
In the wake of Terry McAuliffe\u2019s gubernatorial lose, the Democratic Party is left to face a new enemy, itself. It’s not just Youngkin’s win to the Virginia governorship, a string of victories and tight races were won by Republican candidates this week, namely, Winsome Seares, who was elected Lieutenant Governor in Virginia, and Edward Burr, a truck driver elected to the New Jersey Senate having spent a total of $153 on campaigning and beating the longtime President of the New Jersey Senate. Many corporate media pundits were quick to point the blame of the failure of McAuliffle\u2019s reelection in a state where less than a year prior President Biden won by more than 10 percent. This would be a mystery quickly solved by any of them that cared to look in a mirror.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There is a split in the Democratic platform and there are few waking up to see it. James Carville, long time and moderate Democratic strategist, blames nothing else but \u201cstupid wokeness\u201d for the upset. The progressive and moderate branches of the democratic party are at odds with each other. Carville points to slogans such as \u2018defund the police\u2019 and the push to erase Abraham Lincoln’s name from schools as nothing more than progressive pursuits that alienate and suppress moderate voters. This split can be seen especially in the language being used. \u201cThey\u2019re expressing a language that people just don\u2019t use, and there\u2019s backlash and a frustration to that.\u201d, Carville observes of the progressives. He goes on to add that, \u201cWe got to change this and not be about changing dictionaries and change laws.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the end, Youngkin had only to avoid progressive policies and tactics to win. His messages were simple and spoke to the suburban voters. As Carville sums up, all Youngkin had to do was allow his opponents to \u201cpull the pin and watch the grenade go off.\u201d The shift in Virginia and New Jersey is the result of voters pulling away from this \u201cwokeness\u201d. All this spells more struggle for the Democratic Party if it is not resolved, as predicted by Kamala Harris herself when she said, \u201cWhat happens in Virginia will in large part determine what happens in 2022, 2024 and on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Photo Cred: Joshua Blanchard\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written by T. Logan Dayne In the wake of Terry McAuliffe\u2019s gubernatorial lose, the Democratic Party is left to face a new enemy, itself. It’s not just Youngkin’s win to the Virginia governorship, a string of victories and tight races were won by Republican candidates this week, namely, Winsome Seares, who was elected Lieutenant Governor…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n