Jim Hoeft probably just scored the interview of the month with UVA Professor Larry Sabato on Virginia Politics on Demand.
Sabato pulls no punches:
“I certainly know some senior Democrats who are connected to the Deeds’ campaign who are unhappy, and have been unhappy, with [Joe] Abbey’s performance. Maybe he’s being scapegoated.”
That goes without saying. Sabato clearly touched a raw nerve, and were I a betting man — and I am — I would say that the Rebel Yelp was simply the straw that broke the camel’s back.
That’s not to say that Abbey deserves it per se, but certainly it provided all the ammo needed to re-shuffle the deck and start dealing from the top.