The Youngkin-Sears playbook for 2024
Republicans can seize control of a traditionally Democratic issue: education
Virginia gubernatorial election 2021
Wednesday
Monday
The GOP must remain the party of parents
The Democratic motto could be ‘safe spaces in classrooms and rape in bathrooms’
Thursday
There’s nothing ‘phony’ about the culture war
These battles, typically over race, sexuality and national identity, are defining issues for our time
Saturday
The non-scandal of Glenn Youngkin’s ‘Oriental’ prom night
In the Eighties, the incoming Virginia governor wore a tux to a prom. Could that have swung the election?
Friday
Whither the woke?
The real reason for the swing among swing voters is the Gestalt sense that we are heading downhill in a hurry
Friday
The Trump talisman doesn’t work anymore
Democrats can’t win by invoking the name of the 45th president
Thursday
Manchin and Sinema: Cassandras of the Senate
The two moderate Democrats saw Tuesday’s crisis coming
Wednesday
The McAuliffe clown car crashes
His campaign exuded weirdness because Democrats have lost touch
Youngkin wins Virginia governorship in wild upset
Republicans are celebrating a huge victory
Tuesday
Terry McAuliffe’s latest education hypocrisy
He claims we need more teacher diversity — what about the private schools where he sent his kids?
Monday
The Youngkin blueprint
The GOP candidate is unapologetically conservative but focused on the right issues
Thursday
Moves Like Macker: a short history of Terry McAuliffe’s terrible dancing
The Democratic candidate for Virginia governor has a strong claim to the title of worst boogier inside the Beltway
Tuesday
Biden’s fright night in Virginia
The President stumped for Terry McAuliffe one week before Election Day
Wednesday
Is Terry McAuliffe ‘losing it’?
The Democratic candidate for Virginia governor stormed out of an interview Tuesday
Wednesday
Audits restore faith in elections
Conducting random or comprehensive audits after an election in every state should be routine
Monday
Joe Biden and Terry McAuliffe’s ‘conservative’ friends
The Democrats use the likes of David Brooks and Bill Kristol cynically
Friday
Terry McAuliffe’s faith in the experts
Parents shouldn’t control schools, he says, but what about when expertise is wrong?
