Do you hear that? It's the sound of Terry McAuliffe's bid for the Virginia governorship going down the drain.Ralph Nader has made the explosive allegation that McAuliffe offered his campaign money if he would stay off the ballot in key states. At the time, McAuliffe was head of the DNC and while not illegal - at least according to one Democrat on the FEC - offering party funds in this manner certainly wasn't very transparent and will probably be viewed by voters as sleazy politics - which it is.Nevertheless, as this Washington Post story by Anita Kumar and Rosalind S. Helderman points out, McAuliffe believes it might actually help him with party loyalists: The disclosure comes less than two weeks before voters go to the polls to determine which of three Democratic candidates will stand for governor in Virginia this year. In recent weeks, McAuliffe has been absorbing increasingly pointed criticism from his opponents, state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds and former delegate Brian Moran. A life...(Read Full Post)