Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) has had a rough few months. After telling voters that she would not move to redraw the Commonwealth’s congressional district lines, she won a decisive victory — then immediately went back on her word. The very first bill she signed into law as chief executive was to advance her party’s unconstitutional gerrymandering referendum. The ensuing battle resulted in a lopsided and costly propaganda campaign, followed by a strikingly narrow and pyrrhic victory that was promptly and properly invalidated as illegally administered by the state’s high court. This was precisely what her own lawyers had reportedly warned could happen, but she was bullied by other Richmond Democrats into proceeding with their partisan misadventure anyway. Meanwhile, Spanberger’s image as a centrist has been torn to shreds, as voters have soured on her job performance in record time. She’s now attempting a reset. Spanberger has vetoed a slew of bills that have emerged from the Democrat-controlled legislature, enraging some of her ostensible allies. The budget process, which is fully controlled by her party, is languishing in dysfunction. She’s rejected some Democrats’ insane, retaliatory scheme to unseat the entire Virginia Supreme Court, fueling rumors from intra-party detractors that she’s plotting to launch primary challenges against lawmakers she sees as thorns in her side (her team has denied this). As for Democrats’ failed redistricting fixation, Spanberger seems eager to move on. “Donald Trump and Republicans started this redistricting war, and we’ve made clear as Democrats that we’re going to finish it,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) thundered, not long ago. This was part of his “maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time” approach, which he indignantly defended even in the immediate aftermath of a third assassination attempt against President Donald Trump.