Northern Virginia business group makes Cuccinelli endorsement official

http://www.washingtonpost.com ^ | 2013-09-16 | By Fredrick Kunkle

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The Northern Virginia Technology Council’s political arm on Monday formally announced its endorsement of Ken Cuccinelli II in the Virginia governor’s race despite an aggressive behind-the-scenes attempt by supporters of his Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, to wrest the prize away.

In addition to backing the Republican nominee for governor, NVTC’s TechPAC also voted to endorse the Democratic nominee for attorney general, Sen. Mark R. Herring (Loudoun), over Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg), according to sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the formal announcement is to be made later this week. The TechPAC has not generally weighed in on lieutenant governor races.

NVTC’s TechPAC, whose 25-member bipartisan board includes top executives from many sectors of the technology industry, voted to endorse Cuccinelli on Thursday after conducting lengthy interviews of both candidates. Several board members said Cuccinelli, the commonwealth’s attorney general, came off as serious and even wonky while discussing policies of importance to the group, while McAuliffe seemed flippant and uninformed.

But the formal announcement was delayed until Monday after McAuliffe supporters and some NVTC officials who have not made up their minds in the race pushed for the council’s executive committee to reconsider the endorsement. Several said they were most concerned about backing Cuccinelli because some of his positions on social issues, such as his hostility to gay rights, could send a message that Virginia is not a welcoming place to do business

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I hope he comes around and does the right thing and endorses Cuccinelli.
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Yes, that should happen...also the Gov should endorse him - closer to election day so ‘they’ can’t really utilize it.
However, I understood that Bolling was ‘supposed’ to be waiting in the wings for THIS election where he would have been ushered in...Also believe that Cuccinelli basically said he wasn’t interested in being GUV this time.

As much as I can’t stand McAuliffe (or at least his politics though he does kind of resemble a sleaze) if he were to tell his ‘PEOPLE’ to quit showing those hideous pix of C, he would probably pick up a few votes...

Look for that to happen long about the time they bring out the tar and feathers ala really tying C to the money ‘scandal’ right before the election not leaving him time to ‘defend’ the indefensible.

I personally don’t buy “I wasn’t breaking any VA law by taking GIFTS from constituents that want my help” and am really suprised McAuliffe hasn’t based his campaign on stopping that practice.... Which leads me to believe that he has probably gotten or is WAITING to get his ‘share’.

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Yeah, heard last night that VBch’s Sessoms is for McAwful tho he SAYS he’s a Pub....
Need to keep a list, folks, and remember in the future.