A Few More Lessons From VA For WI To Ponder

Along with the Tea Party's defeat - - and a failed boost by Wisconsin's self-proclaimed "original Tea Party" poster-boy Scott Walker - - there are a few more things to note from the just-ended Virginia campaigns:

*  It's a cliche, but every vote counts. So any effort to block balloting through bogus Republican-backed Voter ID and companion restrictive laws must be vigorously opposed.

Props to the plaintiffs and lawyers doing just that in Federal court right now, and in state court actions, too.

Right now, the Democratic candidate for Attorney General is behind by a few hundred votes out of 2.2 million cast in a count still underway, to be followed by a recount.

*  So along with traditional door-knocking and canvassing that leads to maximum election-day turnout, the importance of money in a statewide race cannot be overestimated. The victorious Democrat, Terry McAuliffe, substantially outspent the defeated Ken Cuccinelli, and without that advantage Virginia might have had a Tea Party Governor-elect posing with best friend Scott Walker today.

Money counts in campaigns and the biggest spender with the most ads and paid staff usually wins.