McDonnell's Winning Strategy [Telegenic Conservative GOP Nominee For 2012?]

FoxNews ^ | November 08th, 2009

[Steelfish]

November 8 Megan Whittemore

McDonnell's Winning Strategy

Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell seems to have found a winning formula for unifying his party and delivering a clear message. During the campaign McDonnell focused on jobs, the economy, transportation and education while staying positive.

"We kept it overwhelmingly positive, giving people an uplifting alternative for the future," McDonnell told Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday.

"We, I think, tapped into some of the sentiment at the national level on the issues of card check, cap and trade, and some under-funded mandates and things like that that were not resonating well with Virginia businesses and families. And together with a lot of hard work, I think it was a winning strategy," he explained.

After beating Democrat Creigh Deeds in a landslide, 59% to 41%, his advice to Republicans in 2010: "Stick to your conservative principles but focus on the quality-of-life issues that the citizens are most concerned about, and focus on getting results."

McDonnell will likely face competing pressures from his party's social conservative base and moderates, but promised to govern the same way he campaigned. A top priority, he said, is to create jobs and restore economic prosperity to a recession-ravaged state.

"I ran very specifically on the fact that I'm going to make government work better. We're going to find ways to cut spending out of state agencies and retool government to find ways to keep taxes low, whether it's -- and when the economy returns, find ways to reduce the tax burden on working families, use tax cuts as a way to promote economic development."

On Saturday night's health care vote McDonnell said he is very concerned about what's in the bill.

"There are clearly great mandates on businesses, families and the states," McDonnell said. "With about a $1.2 trillion...

[convertedtoreason]

McDonnell is surely a Presidentiable.

We have choices for 2012.

But it’s a long way to go for McDonnell. He has to prove his worth first.

So stop this Presidentiable nonsense. Let McDonnell, Palin, T-Paw fight the same enemy for now: Obamaoism.

In 2012, may the best Conservative win.

[tennmountainman]

At first glance of the headline, I thought why would anyboby want the inside the beltway, Mitch McConnell for president?

Bob is much better.

[KC_Conspirator]

McDonnell will likely face competing pressures from his party's social conservative base and moderates, but promised to govern the same way he campaigned. A top priority, he said, is to create jobs and restore economic prosperity to a recession-ravaged state.

When your out of work and you try and cant find a job (because of Obama and the democraps), arguing creationism, some decades old term papre, or whatever just seems so trivial.

[Thrownatbirth]

This really brightened my day. My vote is paying off already! McDonnell announced VA will opt-out of any government-run health care:

VIRGINIA - The ink is not even dry on the health care bill passed in the House of Representatives Saturday night, but Virginia's Governor-Elect is not impressed. The Senate version of the bill currently includes a provision that would allow states to choose whether to participate in any government-run part of health care. If given the option, Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell says Virginia will opt out.

"My preference would be not to have Virginia participate from what I know this plan contains...however they structure it"

McDonnell made the comments Sunday on CNN's State of the Union.

"The public option does not seem to be something that'll help us in Virginia"

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