Virginia Attoney General race

[IceSpear]

Yeah, it's pretty classless of Herring to declare victory so soon, especially since Obenshain has been leading almost the entire time and has been very gracious about it. Most Republicans would be filing lawsuits to stop counting ballots the second they take the lead *cough Norm Coleman*

[IceSpear]

Because the GOP just doesn't get it.  Here in Virginia they say things like "we are the REAL Virginia" which basically means the Virginia outside of NOVA.  They aren't even trying to compete for moderate voters anymore.  Since when does a national party write off 1/3 of the statewide vote?  Especially when they are losing the 20% of voters who are black (who mostly live outside NOVA)...

Well, the national party already writes off blacks, Hispanics, gays, millennials, etc.

They essentially wrote off women too, but luckily for them they still get a large chunk of the white woman Stepford Wives vote, otherwise they'd be in even worse shapen than they already are.

[IceSpear]

I'm surprised Obershain didn't take it to the House of Delegates, they would have overwhelmingly voted to seat him. I guess he accepted the result, though and didn't take the easy path.

Obenshain still has statewide ambitions. Doing that would make him toxic. As it is, he's likely still the frontrunner for the nomination in 2017 since Bolling is in exile.

[IceSpear]

Obenshain (R) likely going for the Governorship in 2017 despite losing the State AG's race.

Meanwhile, LG-elect Northam (D) has to be considered the front-runner for 2017 and Herring should seek reelection as State AG in '17.

I wonder if this could turn into the Dem version of Cuccinelli/Bolling. A lot of progressives would prefer Herring over Northam.