I'm going to go ahead and assume that the Party of Criminals will always have an inside track there.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) on Sunday slammed Republicans who have complained about an executive order he signed extending the right to vote in his state to convicted felons who have served their sentences.
"Well, I would tell the Republicans, 'Quit complaining and go out and earn these folks' right to vote for you. Go out and talk to them,'" he said in response to a question about people saying his order was an election-year ploy to help Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton.
"I think some of the language that has come out of the Republicans, I would tell them to be very careful at how they frame this, very careful of their rhetoric."
How are Republicans supposed to compete for the votes of criminals against Hillary Clinton... who is a criminal? Or McAuliffe, who could easily have been there too?
The Labor Department investigated a deal under which Mr. McAuliffe persuaded a union pension fund in 1991 to put up the money for the purchase of some Florida land. Mr. McAuliffe put in no money of his own but saw a $2.4 million profit, according to The Orlando Sentinel.
Federal prosecutors examined Mr. McAuliffe's role in helping the Prudential Insurance Company lease a building to a Government agency. Prudential paid Mr. McAuliffe $375,000 for helping to insure that the deal was not derailed at the last moment, and was later charged with falsely certifying that it had not paid anyone to influence the bidding.
Prudential settled the case without admitting wrongdoing, and Mr. McAuliffe was never charged.
Somehow I think Terry has the inside track there too.