conservatives have left the GOP and become tentative Democrats. So the half of the GOP base who is trained to shit indoors is gone, and what's left of the GOP's primary base is predominantly the types of braindead rednecks who think Corey Stewart is a good candidate and consider someone like John Warner to be a cuckold loser who consorts with the enemy.

Virginia, meanwhile, has become a solid blue state -- so talented Republicans aren't bothering.