Opinion Today: The spotlight after the Georgia runoff

Raphael Warnock’s victory was a rebuke to Donald Trump. It was also about the future. 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Herschel Walker lost, but it wasn’t just a defeat for him. It was also, as Ross Douthat writes, “yet another case study in why the Republican Party desperately needs to move on from Donald Trump.” [As Douthat explains](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlcxYXP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8wNy9vcGluaW9uL3dhcm5vY2std2Fsa2VyLXRydW1wLWdlb3JnaWEuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIyMTIwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD03OTUzMyZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMTUyNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmOBF5GQYz4kDqRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), the outcome in the Georgia runoff, which gives the Democrats a 51-49 majority in the Senate, “helped make the runoff a fractal of the larger 2022 pattern: Under Trump’s influence, with Trump’s preferred candidates, the Republican Party first sacrificed a potential Senate majority and then sacrificed one more Senate seat for good measure.” Charles Blow also sees Trump’s failing in Walker’s fall. Trump recruited Walker and assumed celebrity “would cover all flaws.” But it did not, [Blow writes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlcxYXP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8wNy9vcGluaW9uL3dhbGtlci1nZW9yZ2lhLXNlbmF0ZS10cnVtcC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIxMjA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc5NTMzJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTExNTI2MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKY4EXkZBjPiQOpFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA): “Trump’s brand, his celebrity worship and promulgation, was not enough to push Walker over the edge. But while Walker failed, Trump failed even worse.” Maybe, Douthat notes, “At a certain point — maybe it isn’t here yet, but it’s closer — the leader who loses just starts to look like, well, a loser.” But the runoff was about much more than Trump. Warnock’s win has other implications, as Ross Barkan laid out in a pre-election [guest essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlcxYXP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8wNS9vcGluaW9uL3dhcm5vY2std2Fsa2VyLWdlb3JnaWEtZGVtb2NyYXRzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjEyMDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9Nzk1MzMmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTE1MjYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjgReRkGM-JA6kUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). There are “two overriding reasons” for the significance of a win for Warnock and his fellow Democrats, Barkan writes: “to safeguard their gains in the judiciary and to bolster their national bench.” Furthermore, Barkan peeks ahead and says, “It’s tantalizing to consider whether the Georgia senator holds answers to the various major and minor crises looming over the future of the party.” Warnock is not the only Georgian to look out for in the future. As Michelle Cottle wrote in a pre-election piece, the [Georgia runoff cast](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlcxYXP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8wNC9vcGluaW9uL2JyaWFuLWtlbXAtaGVyc2NoZWwtd2Fsa2VyLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjEyMDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9Nzk1MzMmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTE1MjYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjgReRkGM-JA6kUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) also included Gov. Brian Kemp. In a “postural shift,” he came out and supported Walker (which he avoided in the general election). “Keep an eye on Mr. Kemp,” she writes. “The 59-year-old Georgia governor is positioning himself to be a major Republican player — one that, unlike so many in his party, is not a complete Trump chump.” It was another night with the political spotlight shining on Georgia. It belonged to Warnock. With Warnock, Kemp and Trump, we turn to the political road ahead. 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BLOW Walker, Trump’s Celebrity Pick, Underscores Trump’s Fall Herschel Walker was a horrific candidate, but the Trump brand has also begun to sour in Georgia. By Charles M. 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