He knows damn well this is what he'll be remembered for. Almost impossible to reverse or counter. Day to day great work in an honorable endeavor wouldn't come close to accomplishing it. Only a handful would know or care. He'd have self satisfaction but still the big picture stain.
Logically the only method would be a high profile media role. But who would hire him for that?
Mostly I don't care how Northam is remembered or what happens to him because I'm convinced he intentionally lied during the second explanation. That blackface photo is the centerpiece of that yearbook entry. The klan costume is subordinate. All eyes are drawn to blackface and that is by design of the yearbook crew. It was meant to be the focus and it was known to be Northam.
There is so much detail in that blackface photo, like the bow tie and tilted hat, along with holding a beer just above a captioned quote of Northam touting his devotion to beer. Again, that is hardly a coincidence. I helped lay out the yearbook in high school and that is the type of stuff we looked for.
As a handicapper I'll stick with my summary from yesterday that Northam originally knew darn well it was himself in the photo. He likely remembers everything that went into planning that costume and putting it on. He assumed there was no way to deny it. But once he slept on it he realized that he was stuck if he admitted to being in that photo, so he relied on recent examples and rationalized that he could blatantly lie, just like Trump every day and notably the replacement of "wouldn't" for "would" regarding Russian election meddling. That was also a one-day preposterous turnaround.
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