Yes, but the legislature is filled with RINOs. Will he sign whatever they send regardless of budget impact, or will he take on his own party?
Will he reject federal funding where necessary to avoid the mandates? Will he challenge the constitutionality of of federal mandates that are unfunded? I don’t believe he did as AG.
The House is not filled with RINOs. Most of the ones who bent over and voted for Warner’s tax increase are gone. And the Senate, while still Dem by a slim majority, has been purged as well.
Everybody, McDonnell, Bolling, Cuccinelli and the legislators I’ve heard from have all been talking budget cuts and have said no to tax increases.
He was AG under a Democrat Governor. He didn’t have budgetary authority.
Look, do I think McDonnell is perfect? No. But he’s pretty solid and a darn sight better than the alternative would have been.