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Virginia governor to deliver GOP response to ObamaWashington PostBob McDonnell will deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address next Wednesday. Republican leaders in Congress …Va. Governor to Give GOP Response to Obama's State of the UnionWall Street Journal (blog)McDonnell to give GOP SOTU responsemsnbc.comMcDonnell to give response to [...]
Thinking about the unthinkable, Part Four
I don’t know who will win today’s election in Massachusetts, but there are two things I’m confident of. First, if Brown wins, the Democrats will claim that the result is the product of “local considerations” and, in particular, a poor candidate. Second, this claim will be misleading at best.
When Bob McDonnell [...]
One Step Forward, Two Races Back
“Victory has a thousand fathers,” said John F. Kennedy, “but
defeat is an orphan.”
David Axelrod, netting the prize for the most shameless
display of post-defeat spinning, added an additional father to
Bob McDonnell’s victory in Virginia: Barack Obama.
McDonnell ran “not as a Sarah Palin Republican, but [...]
McDonnell Won Due to Turnout
Republican Bob McDonnell defeated Democrat Creigh Deeds today in his bid to wrest control of the Virginia governor’s mansion from Democratic control, continuing a long Virginia tradition going back to 1977 of voting for a governor from the opposing party of the sitting president.
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The Republicans Underestimate Their Strength
In last year’s campaign, the one true thing Obama said to his
critics was, “The political ground is changing under your feet.”
But what is not sufficiently recognized is that is going on
again, right now, in the opposite direction.
That is what yesterday’s elections showed. And what
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The Angry Independent
Images of the polished Bob McDonnell and the more portly Chris
Christie will no doubt grace the front pages of today’s
newspapers. They are the Republicans who were elected governor in
Virginia and New Jersey, respectively, bucking recent Democratic
trends in both states. But maybe the papers should make [...]
