McDonnell gets the nod
By The News Virginian Staff (Waynesboro)
Published: October 25, 2009
An unfortunate son, either of Philadelphia or Richmond, will stride into Timothy M. Kaine’s shortening shadow in January and perhaps thereafter wonder who won in November. Rumblings emanating from the capital, previously and painfully accurate, are that Virginia will begin the year staring across a budget canyon of $3 billion. Hell to the chief.
For the past four months, since the June 9 Democratic primary, the campaign for governor has been focused on two veteran state political players, Robert F. McDonnell and R. Creigh Deeds. That fact appears to have been lost on the latter. The state senator from Bath County has lobbied for the top job with the stuperous ardor and predictable inefficacy of a drunken brawler. And still we ponder a question, why Mr. Deeds?
His answer is that McDonnell, the Republican who bested Deeds in 2005 for attorney general, wrote a thesis 20 years ago opining on the ills of working women, homosexuals and contraceptives. McDonnell’s answer to this is that he’s hired plenty of women and been supportive of his daughter, a platoon leader in Iraq. His views, he says, have changed on some issues, meaning, principally, he’s softened rather than altered. And McDonnell’s base says amen.
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Editorial: Creigh Deeds for governor
The longtime senator is the candidate for governor who is serious about the most pressing issue facing Virginia: transportation. [!?!?]
If the campaign to become Virginia’s next governor is about which candidate is more articulate and slick, then Republican Bob McDonnell is the clear choice.
If the campaign is about who would better govern the state and face the extremely difficult choices the commonwealth must confront, then Democrat Creigh Deeds becomes the frontrunner. He is better prepared to position Virginia to meet the challenges of the future.
More: http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/223597