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Here’s an example of the sterling campaign Ed ran, straight from my Twitter timeline. In fact, it’s the only Twitter ad I saw from Gillespie until election day:

“Sea level change is important to Virginians. As governor, I will act.”

Yep, nothing excites the GOP base like embracing the lie that is man-made global warming. Yet, that’s the kind of RINO strategy that Gillespie embraced. Also worth noting that the GOP ground game sucked. “Asleep at the wheel for the past year,” is how my county chairman described it last night.

Real question now is who comes in and picks up the pieces? Is this going to be Corey Stewart’s party, or will the GOP-E maintain control by turning to one of the Republican Congressmen, many of whom are RINOs.

One final thought: it will be difficult, but the GOP will have an opportunity to reclaim the governorship in 2021. There’s going to be a bloodbath in the primary between Justin Fairfax, the far-left radical who was elected lieutenant governor, and Mark Herring, the attorney general who won a second term last night. If they don’t broker some kind of deal to put one at the top of the ticket while the other guy “waits his turn,” there will be a bruising primary and many supporters of the losing candidate won’t show up at the polls in November.

Of course, that presumes the Virginia GOP can get its act together and field a conservative candidate who can generate a massive turnout in red precincts and get enough votes in NOVA to avoid being swamped in a statewide race. At this point, I wouldn’t put any money on that happening. The state party has been engaged in a civil war since 2013, and I don’t see anyone on the horizon (yet) who can bring the factions together.