Rachel Bade: “Forget waiting for the Virginia Supreme Court to rule on the state’s redistricting fight — Democrats aren’t even pretending to keep it together behind closed doors anymore…”

“Just last fall, the same senior Virginia Democrats who pushed the redistricting gambit were telling Dan the effort was a slam dunk — that they were 90 percent confident the court would quickly allow the new maps to take effect. Yesterday, those same folks told Dan their confidence has cratered to under 50 percent.”

“The source of panic? That the state’s high court failed by Friday afternoon to toss the GOP’s challenge to the new maps.”