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.
I say that only because of the problems Fairfax, and now, maybe even Herring are facing. Imagine all three of them resigning and the ensuing chaos and confusion.
What problems is Herring facing?
I haven't read or heard anything negative come out about him during this whole episode.
Well, there's this:
https://twitter.com/WVUCavalier/status/1092246798436102146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1092246798436102146&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fuselectionatlas.org%2FFORUM%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D312875.175
Not much more has been made of it beyond this tweet though, from what I can tell. But at this point, the Daily Caller or some other website could follow up on it. And if this snowballs, the three top elected Virginia Democrats would have been respectively accused of racism, sexual misconduct, and homophobia.
After he frickin voted for it in 06. Herring will say anything to get power.
