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underpants

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2. I doubt that. Northam survived and frankly thrived but he's done.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 8, 2021, 06:41 AM

Apr 2021

He’s got a quiet rest of his life on the Eastern Shore and OBX. Like other ex-Gov’s he’ll get hired by a law firm to lobby and cash checks. He’s a “rainmaker” now.

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And Northam can run again after that . JI7 Apr 2021 #1

I doubt that. Northam survived and frankly thrived but he's done. underpants Apr 2021 #2

Don'tcha mean "kingmaker?"... Wounded Bear Apr 2021 #4

I think he might run again...most successful governor ever. Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #6

Virginia is on a steady trend toward blue dominance. lagomorph777 Apr 2021 #3

Didn't he shepard in the early progress in flipping the legislature? nt Wounded Bear Apr 2021 #5

Yup! lagomorph777 Apr 2021 #8

McAuliffe did a good job. Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #7

Northam's refusal to resign may have been the first strike in the counterattack on Stone/Bannon greenjar_01 Apr 2021 #9