Erick Erickson had it right and the Democrats had it wrong, as Democrat and former Governor Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) has gone down to defeat in his race to regain his seat in the governor’s mansion (Virginia governors may not serve consecutive terms), and Governor Murphy (D-NJ) is leading his opponent, Jack Ciattarelli (R-NJ), by less than a point at last check, when he was expected to win easily. Erickson is exultant, while CNN sees it through the typical news media eyes:

Biden arrives back in Washington to a political nightmare

And neither has gotten it right.

This is a gift to, well, both parties. The GOP has a victory to gobble over, a win that they’ve been trained, for twenty and more years, to virtually consider the be-all and end-all of politics. Governing? Hah! But it makes them feel good, while invalidating all the rancid claims about the elections being rigged.

But the Democrats are the big winners, because for the price of a governor’s seat, maybe two, and some other seats they didn’t expect to lose, they’ve received the priceless knowledge that the electorate, at least in some areas, is pissed at them.

And while some of them certainly suspected it, this brings home the enormity of the problem.

Now the question is whether or not the Democrats were smart enough to gather data directly from the voters. Are Sullivan’s observations accurate? Will certain far-left ideas, such as Defund the police, which was defeated in Minneapolis last night, be dropped by Democrats – or will they renew making the case for them? That’s always a tricky dance, isn’t it? And if the Democrats blame the quality of the candidates, what to do then? Don’t bet on them in that case.

But this is a golden opportunity for the Democrats – and Erickson may not realize it, but if he’s a strict partisan as I think he is, it’s a disaster for him.

A potential disaster, at least. The Dems have about a half year to get it all figured out and start campaigning on their revised platform.