Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin's guesses about Virginia election don't age well

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin’s prognostications about the virginia-governor-race” target=”_blank”>Virginia gubernatorial race< sharpest critics.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe prepares to speak at an election night party in McLean, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
(AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Earlier in September, Rubin praised McAuliffe for “running a tightly messaged, error-free race on his center-left, pro-business vision for Virginia” and painting Youngkin as “a MAGA acolyte, a purveyor of the “big lie” the 2020 election was stolen, and a reactionary on guns, Medicaid expansion and abortion who threatens the state’s progress.”

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“McAuliffe is not merely helping himself. He’s showing how every Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 2022 can win: Expose the extremism of the GOP, which is now mainstream doctrine in their party,” she wrote.

“For showing Democrats how to turn every race into a referendum on Republican radicalism, we can say, well done, Mr. McAuliffe,” she added.

In the end, McAuliffe was panned in the media for his relentless focus on Donald Trump and tying him to Youngkin, who focused on education” target=”_blank”>education<

Rubin, who had been on vacation, was right back at it boosting joe-biden” target=”_blank”>Biden<

She also claimed he was “poised to pass both a $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan and a $1.75 trillion package including investments in green energy, universal prekindergarten, a generous child-care subsidy” and other items, although both those items are in doubt as some moderate Democrats balk at the price tag.