VA-Gov 2021: Herring for AG after submitting to resident political overlord T-MAC

[Fuzzy Bear]

The VA Dems need to declare war on Fairfax and play super hard ball. Like "blacklisting" anyone who accepts a job with his campaign or promising to back primary challengers against state legislators who endorse him. Make it clear if anyone supports that vile, sick f[inks]ing piece of sh!t in any way, shape or form, they are now an "unperson" who'll have no political future.

Has Joe Biden retracted this?

“There is no place for racism in America. Governor Northam has lost all moral authority and should resign immediately, Justin Fairfax is the leader Virginia needs now.”

Has Biden retracted this statement in support of Fairfax?  Or does he "need" Fairfax's support to get him through the primary season so badly that he'll wait until after November, 2020 to throw Fairfax to the wolves?

[Fuzzy Bear]

The VA Dems need to declare war on Fairfax and play super hard ball. Like "blacklisting" anyone who accepts a job with his campaign or promising to back primary challengers against state legislators who endorse him. Make it clear if anyone supports that vile, sick f[inks]ing piece of sh!t in any way, shape or form, they are now an "unperson" who'll have no political future.

Has Joe Biden retracted this?

“There is no place for racism in America. Governor Northam has lost all moral authority and should resign immediately, Justin Fairfax is the leader Virginia needs now.”

Has Biden retracted this statement in support of Fairfax?  Or does he "need" Fairfax's support to get him through the primary season so badly that he'll wait until after November, 2020 to throw Fairfax to the wolves?

That was obviously made before the revelations that Fairfax is a serial rapist. Now that Northam is obviously not resigning it's no longer an issue.

Well, he's vouched for Fairfax's character, then says nothing.  It's an issue because Fairfax is actually making moves to run for Governor.

[Fuzzy Bear]

It also shows the public's short memory on this stuff. Although the VA Dems refusal to remove Fairfax is a blight on them.

Seriously go ahead and re-read the accusations against Fairfax. It's f[inks]ing VILE stuff, he actually taunted his victims after the fact and mocked them claiming if they deported it he'd be able to get it so that no one believed them. Guy is almost certainly an extreme sociopath.

Unless you can bring criminal charges against an elected official, it's not easy to "remove them" from office.  Fairfax is an elected official in his own right; he can be impeached, but he's not been charged with a crime.  

Had he been reported, he would not have been elected to high office, and may well have become a convicted sex offender.  As difficult as it is, society needs to emphasize the need to promptly report these things, as well as go to great lengths to protect people who are doing this.  It is not impossible that someone's political enemies could have engineered such false accusations.  It is also not impossible that Fairfax actually did this stuff, which is pretty awful.

[Fuzzy Bear]

The VA Dems need to declare war on Fairfax and play super hard ball. Like "blacklisting" anyone who accepts a job with his campaign or promising to back primary challengers against state legislators who endorse him. Make it clear if anyone supports that vile, sick f[inks]ing piece of sh!t in any way, shape or form, they are now an "unperson" who'll have no political future.

Has Joe Biden retracted this?

“There is no place for racism in America. Governor Northam has lost all moral authority and should resign immediately, Justin Fairfax is the leader Virginia needs now.”

Has Biden retracted this statement in support of Fairfax?  Or does he "need" Fairfax's support to get him through the primary season so badly that he'll wait until after November, 2020 to throw Fairfax to the wolves?

That was obviously made before the revelations that Fairfax is a serial rapist. Now that Northam is obviously not resigning it's no longer an issue.

He was simply too busy denouncing the grand Mufti of Jerusalem. He's got a list. Give him time, people!

I'm glad the important priority was taken care of, lol.

[Fuzzy Bear]

I can't see how the Democrats don't suffer somewhat from the follies affecting Messrs Northam, Fairfax, and Herring.  How badly that will hurt remains to be seen.

[Fuzzy Bear]

VPAP has a nice visual on the fundraising of all of the gubernatorial candidates (official accounts and PACs). It shows the money raised in the first half of 2020, and their cash on hand as of June 30.

I can't post the link, but here's the data:

Terry McAuliffe: $1,689,000 raised, $1,594,000 on hand

Jennifer Carroll Foy: $811,000 raised, $696,000 on hand

Jennifer McClellan: $490,000 raised, $411,000 on hand

Amanda Chase: $227,000 raised, $191,000 on hand

Mark Herring: $24,000 raised, $392,000 on hand

Justin Fairfax: $19,000 raised, $85,000 on hand

Bill Carrico: $0 raised, $7,000 on hand.



For me, the big takeaway is that I have do not have to fear Justin Fairfax getting the Dem nomination, even with a split field. While some Dems are willing to tolerate him and invite him to events now, he is not seen as a credible candidate for governor.

McAuliffe hasn't announced though?

Mark Herring having raised 24k $ as a sitting state AG is kind of embarrassing compared to state legislators with little name rec who raised sums up to 30+ times as much.

Yeah, it's a bad look for Herring's chances.

That being said, I think his candidacy has been dead ever since the blackface scandal. In a state with as many potential candidates as Virginia, I think he's vastly overstated his own political profile.

He'd have a decent chance at holding onto the AG spot for at least another term, but his mind is clearly set on the Governor's office. If he stuck around for another 4 years, there's a chance that his efforts as AG could rehabilitate his image.

Instead, he's going to crash and burn out of the Governor's primary, never to be heard of again.

McAuliffe is a giant amongst Lilliputians in fund-raising. 

It's hard to see him not being elected.