is really not particularly a victory for Democrats, although that is how it looks on paper.
No: it is a victory for corruption and cowardice as the defining principles of our age. Greed, venality, superficiality, self seeking uber alles: these are what American politicians, military leaders, top law enforcement, senior judges, and most of our media stand for. Nothing is sacred but money, sex, power and pleasure.
Given just a few more principled people this fiasco could have been avoided. We would even not be locked down and forced to wear idiotic and harmful mouth diapers.
The Mike Pence and Brian Kemp—and many others— Judas behavior hurts more, but it is morally equal. Everyone whose greed and venality rule them must always betray some who trusted them.