[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC on Wednesday offered a mix of gloating and relief as journalists recapped Tuesday’s elections in Kentucky and Virginia. Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard seemed transported as he described the Democratic gubernatorial win in red Kentucky. Meanwhile, anchor Andrea Mitchell breezily explained that Ralph Northam, who got in trouble with a blackface scandal, has “moved past” the controversy. But first, Hillyard cheered, “So there was a lot of hype in the room. Everybody knew it was a possibility. But to become reality was a different story.” He praised, “For the Democrats here in this state, this was a big deal because everything worked out perfectly.” You think MSNBC journalists would laud “everything working out perfectly” for Republicans?
