Are Democrats paying attention?

President Trump visited North Carolina Monday.
The Republican House candidate won the election Tuesday.
The concept befuddles Democrats.
Like Blue Virginia, who think they can win by tying Republicans to Trump.
Note that in the NC special election earlier this week, Trump’s election-eve rally was not countered by a Democratic rally with a Democratic star like Barack Obama. Why not? Got me, but it seems like a huge mistake to me.
Are there any undecided voters anywhere who don't know enough about Donald Trump to make a decision?
Everybody knows him.
The media has pushed so hard since he came down the escalator in 2015.
Now, it appears to bring votes to the Trump side instead of the opposition.
Or there's no Democratic superstar who can draw the attention Trump does.

To ask the question is to answer it

Blue Virginia wonders - why isn't the press interested in Alabama governor Kay Ivey doing something in blackface in the 60s?
It's not wall-to-wall coverage like Virginia's Ralph Northam.
What's the difference?
Pictures are important.
But the Democratic reaction fueled the interest - many Democrats jumping to push Northam out and then backing off when he didn't run.
And other troubles befell his possible successors.
If Democrats didn't purge Northam, why bother with Ivey?
Although Democrats may wish they purged Northam come Election Day.

Because liberals don't drive pickup trucks

Andy Schmookler thinks he's found a way to help Democratic campaigns in Virginia this fall.
He thinks Republicans don't serve the interest of their voters, just the rich and powerful.
Then he talks about the Trump tax cut.
The one that's seen unemployment remain low.
The stock market soar.
The economy hum along years after fellow Democrats thought Trump would crash it.
But he saves the best line for last.
It is not on the pick-up trucks of liberals that one sees the bumper stickers that picture an angry snake and the threatening motto, “Don’t Tread on Me.”
That's because liberals don't drive pickups.
They cause climate change, right?

Fall preview

How will the fall campaign go in Virginia?
Here's a preview from Richmond Tuesday.
Democrats may try to forget their scandals of the winter, but reminders will be there.