He could try to ram through a broad expansion of Medicaid and other Democratic priorities. After an ugly gubernatorial campaign ended in a surprising Democratic sweep that reverberated across the nation, voters don’t want showboating, he said. You’ll see that in my inauguration speech.”That’s echoed in his promise not to try to engineer a Democratic advantage in the legislature. “Medicaid is growing in Virginia by 5 to 7 percent, in that ballpark, every year,” he said. At least one Democratic official said recently that Northam has said he has no desire to run for anything after being governor.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2017 20:06 UTC