Its been less than a week since it was discovered that the medical school yearbook page of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) featured a photo with a person dressed in blackface standing next to another person in a Ku Klux Klan robe.

Somehow, things have only gotten worse.

Northam, barely one year into his four-year term, is trying to retain his post amid a barrage of calls that he step down a clamor that includes virtually every other major Democrat in the state. Democratic Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax would replace Northam but he would do so under the cloud of a sexual misconduct allegation that just became public. If Fairfax is forced from office, still another Democrat Attorney General Mark Herring is next in line for the top job. But in Virginias latest can you believe this moment, Herring on Wednesday fessed up to his own youthful incident of racism.

All this in a state where Democrats had been riding a strong wave of political momentum.

The wildfire of political chaos began when the racist image surfaced on Northams 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook page, which also features images of the medical school graduate and his name artfully written in calligraphy at the top.