I'm predicting a Republcan sweep of all statewide offices in 2021. It may be the last time in my lifetime that ever happens, but the Democrats in VA have shot themselves in the foot in ways I never dreamed possible.
If the body of Democrats had accepted Northam's apology quietly and gone onward, they would not be where they are now. Where they are now is in the status of being a collective laughingstock. And, on top of all of that, their own behavior was catalytic in bringing up the worst allegations; the actual sexual allegations against their Lt. Governor, Justin Fairfax. (And they all came out AFTER Democratic pols called for Northam's resignation saying things like how Justin Fairfax was "the Governor VA needs right now".
Perhaps the Democrats have learned the wisdom of not hammering people for what they did in 1984 by the standards of 2019. Then, again, we are a nation of slow learners, so . . .
I very much doubt it. The VA GOP is well on their way to irrelevancy. They would have lost the House of Delegates in 2017 under a fair map and had it not been for an unfairly counted ballot in Newport News.
It is extremely unlikely they will retain control of either chamber of the State Legislature in November and will lose them divisively.
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