Governor Northam contemplating leaving Democrats and governing as an Independent

[Del Tachi]

Honestly...that could be for the best at this point. We're looking at a political crisis of pretty significant proportions here and this would be a simple way to mitigate that even as it puts him in an incredibly weak position as Governor.

How does this change anything?  Changing his Party ID to "independent" won't endear him to Republicans or Democrats; he'd still be a governor without a constituency, which is why he must resign.