Senator Warnock’s (D) margin of victory in his reelection campaign in Georgia is coming in at nearly three points, giving Democrats a majority in the Senate, which is worth noting they lacked before the red wave. While some liberal pundits are celebrating, I find it difficult to get around the fact that his challenger, former NFL star and Trump-endorsee Herschel Walker (R), nearly won.
After decisively beating all of his primary rivals.
Mr. Walker demonstrated such skills as mendacity, fornication, and rhetorical gibberish during the campaign, and still won well more than 40% of Georgians’ votes. It’s embarrassing. That many Georgians thought that Walker somehow was better equipped than Warnock for the Senate. I’m aghast.
The Democrats now have an important question in front of them. Why was this race so close? Some possible answers:
- The American electorate distrusts Democrats.
- The Georgian electorate distrusts Democrats.
- The Georgian electorate thinks a Senate seat is a prize for the mantle and not a serious position of responsibility.
The Democrats need to sit down and figure out why what should have been a walk in the park was, instead, a victory to be sweated out.
