Northam: no change. People want him to step down, he’s resisting.
Fairfax: He’s looking more and more like toast. Dr. Tyson’s allegations against him appear very credible, and the NYT has people on record who Tyson told a few years ago that she was sexually assaulted by Fairfax, before any of this came to light. I don’t think he survives this, and shouldn’t. His career is done.
Herring: gets a kind of forgiveness and understanding from Virginia’s black caucus in the assembly, although it is obviously very strained. Still, he probably survives for now to fill out Northam’s term if needed.
I’m going with Micheal Jackson, returning from the dead and praising Northam’s Moonwalking performance as being one of the best tributes acts and not being offended at all . Other than that I think he is toast.
Yep, looks like Fairfax needs to go immediately. What happens then - doe sthe governor appoint a new Lieutenant Governor to replace him? Could replace somehow with no blackface or rape ties, then Northam could resign like he should.
He can’t be re-elected anyway due to term limit laws in the Commonwealth, and he was kind of a dead-ender as it was–no way he was going for higher political office, so VA-Gov was probably Northam’s thing, and then retirement or a return to his medical practice.
That’s why for him, this is a pretty low risk move. Kind of sucks for Virginia Democrats though.
Yup. Although publicly humiliating yourself and becoming unemployable for the rest of your life all for a measly $175K for 4 years seems like a bad deal to me. Thats hardly “set for life” money.
Well previously I assumed he would be implementing the Democratic agenda. Now? He isnt a Democrat any more (by that I mean his own party does not want him). So what does he think he is going to do? Just caucus with his racist allies in the Republican party?
First of all, he’s still a Democrat, if an unpopular one. They aren’t going to excommunicate him.
Second, politicians are politicians, and some Virginia Democrats will collaborate with him to achieve mutual goals. Even if they aren’t as high-profile as usual.
Want to know what will happen to Northam? Just look at what happened to Mayor Rahm Emanuel. He is passionately hated throughout Chicago, and he didn’t even wear blackface (to my knowledge). Still very powerful, because other politicians need him to get shit done.