This is VA Supreme Court judge D. Arthur Kelsey. He's up for re-election in January and one of the 4 judges who struck down the people's will of redistricting to counter republican gerrymandering. VOTE HIM OUT!
Virginia Democrats should ignore the Court and just implement the map that was voted by the people.
This is what Republicans are doing.
Great, do the same.
Voters: We want Universal Healthcare
Democrats: Okay we'll do that
Healthcare Lobby: If you do that, the $20 -
$70 million we give you is cut off
Democrats: Whoah, we need that money. How about we allow most of the party to vote yes, but we get at least 3 dems to vote no so that it will fail, this way the heat is on those 3 democrats instead of the whole party. This way the party looks like we want to give it to the people, but we cant because those 3 Democrats stopped it.
The Democratic Party is guided less by its stated values than by fear of angering lobbyists, special interests, consultants, and major donors. And yet the fear that should matter most, losing voters, is the one most consistently ignored