INGERSOLL: Once Powerful Virginia Democrats Are Disintegrating, With National Implications |
INGERSOLL: Once Powerful Virginia Democrats Are Disintegrating, With National Implications
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The funny thing about systemic deterioration is that it starts slow. Eventually, however, it reaches a tipping point.
ABIGAIL’S CONFLAGRATION
We’re four months into Abigail Spanberger’s tenure as governor of Virginia, and things couldn’t be worse for Democrats’ rising star.
There’s a civil war in the party apparatus. The referendum to redraw the maps from a 6:5 Dem advantage to a 10:1 Dem advantage, thus giving the party an almost certain majority in the House, seems doomed to fail judicial review. Privately, the parties involved have been sniping each other.
It’s beginning to leak into the press.
To suffer such a stunning loss as a new governor would normally be quite devastating to further ambitions, especially if the panic turns into full blown civil war. The referendum, which was arguably illegal (unconstitutional) on several fronts, went forward with Abigail’s enthusiastic (and hypocritical) endorsement. The fallout of losing would be........