“THE VOTES ARE IN AND WE WON.” Spencer is happily prescient. Conservative Democrat or not, it’s nice to have a Democrat in a crucial race who understands politics. In a recount, you have to seize the initiative and establish the right narrative: Webb did it. Good for him.

–Scott Lemieux

Scott Lemieux is a political science professor at the University of Washington. He writes for the blog Lawyers, Guns & Money. Follow @lemieuxlgm