Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli backtracks on statewide bailout talk, noting it is not a priority.  Democrats criticizing Cuccinelli apparently didn’t get the memo  – defenders of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act desperately want and need bailouts.  A full court press is on to get bailouts in place before the Supreme Court hears the next challenge to Section 5.  ELC is conducting a survey of other Virginia counties to see where others are attempting to obtain bailouts (more on that later). 

The sly fox in this game is Cuccinelli, who put the kibosh on moving toward a bailout that would help preserve the constitutionality of Section 5.  The reactionaries who went after Cuccinelli are the ones hurting their own cause, though they may not know it.