The Marxists have this picture on all the counties in the USA. They waste not one dime on lost ventures. The Repubs have been out maneuvered and out gunned time after time and will continue to be smacked aside the head until they decide they no longer want to be Marxist lite. I do not expect to live that long.
The other part of this story is the spoiler Libertarian candidate Sarvis. I’m sure McAuliffe, who helped run Bill Clinton’s presidential campaigns, remembered that Clinton never won a majority of the electorate, but squeaked by after Ross Perot shaved votes from his republican opponents in both his campaigns. The fact that there was a spoiler in this race is no coincidence. I’m sure it was part of McAuliffe’s game plan.