Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, who used to be a relatively sane conservative but has gone full Trumpster of late, is NOT optimistic about Virginia Republicans’ chances in 2025. Check it out (my comments in bold/blue/parentheses):
Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears and Attorney General Jason Miyares have both been non-committal on whether they will run for Governor in 2025. (Maybe because neither really sees a path to victory against Abigail Spanberger?)
Just as well. I don’t honestly see either one of them being able to compete with Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who is the presumptive Democratic nominee. (Agreed. Spanberger would “smoke” either of these right wingnuts.)
In 2021, Republicans changed the playbook, nominating a multi millionaire who had never been involved in politics before. Unfortunately, I don’t see another Glenn Youngkin on the horizon. (Correct: Youngkin was really a unique case, very unlikely to be repeated by Virginia Republicans.)
This all means that 2025 could be a big year for Virginia Democrats. If Spanberger is elected, and Democrats control both houses of the General Assembly, it could be another liberal free for all in the Old Dominion. (Moronic but predictable comment about a supposed “liberal free for all,” when in fact what Democrats did in 2020-2021 was pass POPULAR and EFFECTIVE policies that will move Virginia forward. And that’s exactly what they’ll do again if they win a “trifecta” in November 2025.)
This all begs the question – who do you think would have the best chance of defeating Spanberger in 2025? (Uh…dude, your party’s a bunch of far-right-extremist wackos/nutjobs; why do you think any of them would have a shot against someone as formidable as Abigail Spanberger?)
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