Democrat Shelly Simonds has apparently just wrested a House of Delegates seat from Republican David Yancey after a head-spinning recount put her up 11,608 to 11,607 in Newport News, Virginia. Wow!
Assuming certification takes place tomorrow, the lower chamber in Richmond will now be tied 50-50, and — with a closely divided Senate, a Democratic lieutenant governor to break ties and a new Democratic governor with a veto pen — Virginia Republicans will have to get off their wacky, right-wing ideological train and try to pass some real-world legislation for a change. Sweet!
This isn't just a lesson in how important your vote is. It's a portent — ominous, for them — of how much trouble the GOP is in. Sure, Simonds won by a nose — or maybe by just a whisker — but it was the Commonwealth's sweeping Democratic wave last month that helped get her in striking distance in the first place.
Note to Republicans: While you're celebrating your destruction of the American middle class today, be warned. You just lost your majority in Virginia by a single vote, and the rest of you clowns are next. We cats HISS and PURR at the same time.
UPDATE: See, this is why we cats are always careful to go with the bird in the paw, not the one in the bush. A three-judge panel refused to certify the results today and accepted a ballot for the Republican, Yancey — leaving the race tied. We won't try to predict what the coin toss will bring, but here's what's still true: The wave's coming, GOP. The wave's coming. We cats PURR.
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