One *big* problem with your prediction.VA is trending RAT and,I'll wager,will continue to do so given that government is the only growth industry in this country and there are thousands of newly minted government paycheck recipients arriving there every day.
Maybe. Although, even with the full-frontal attack on McDonnell by WaPo, he continues to enjoy a comfortable margin on Deeds. So, perhaps the reports of Virginia going completely "blue" are a bit premature.
Having said that, I'm also a little concerned about Kaine - a touchy-feely kind of Catholic - granting clemency in his last weeks in office. But, I was living in DC at the time of this and I can tell you the terror and outrage at the perps was visceral, like nothing I've seen before. There's still a blood-thirst for revenge, even today and even in the mostly liberal area of Norther Virginia. Long story short, I don't think Mohammad should be making any long-term estate planning.