I think the next several years are going to be more tumultuous than the last several years, at least economically. Kaine has his job cut out for him, and if he fails, he and his party will go down with the ship.
The Republicans can blockade him just like they did Warner for the most part. We will have four more years of gridlock in Richmond. But the BRAC will bring lots of defense workers into VA and MD who are typically GOP voters and this may overcome this obstacle.
Bolling will be there every step of the way to undermine any liberal economic or social policy that Tim tries to pass off. The way we keep this state honest is to punish severly all Rinos who shift to the left in the primaries. Kaine did not win this election without crossover republican votes who were probably rinos or misguided conservatives.