Who cares about the McDonnell trial?

For an alternative view of the trial of Bob and Maureen McDonnell, the best and certainly the most pungent, comes from National Review’s Tim Cavanaugh:

The governorship of Virginia may not be the most exalted office in the land, but it has been held by James Monroe, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson. While it is the nature of political offices to be mired in scandal, it’s still a shame that the scandal takes such a dull, low form. If the McDonnells turn out to have done Williams official favors in exchange for his largesse, they’re basically guilty of wanting to live it up a little too much during their one meager experience with real authority. (Virginia limits its governors to one term.) If Bob McDonnell is acquitted, he can’t even ask the Raymond Donovan question, because his reputation was taken, in large part, by his own attorneys acting in his defense. Either way, the saddest thing about McDonnell’s downfall is how little it mattered.

Cavanaugh’s piece is worth reading, if for no other reason than it provides an outsider’s view of the entire affair. I have my quibbles with it, but mainly about its utterly lack of historical perspective.

Unlike other states, Virginians do not see their top officials paraded before federal judges on corruption charges on a regular basis. And it’s worth recalling that this whole matter began not only while McDonnell was still in office, but also while there was chatter (even in DC) about the role he might play in a possible Mitt Romney administration. He was offered a plea deal while still in office — one that would have required him to resign in disgrace (another Virginia first). And let us not forget that the McDonnell affair played a role in the outcome of 2013’s gubernatorial election.

So those of us who have followed it have reason to do so. For Virginians, there are few things more compelling than their own history. The McDonnell trial is an opportunity to see that history unfold before our eyes.

Other people could really care less. Tant pis.

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