My governor (Bob McDonnell) is probably going to endorse in the next couple of days. Don’t know who, but he’s expressed a strong preference for a guy who has executive experience already, which at this point leaves Romney and Perry. He endorsed Thompson over Romney in 2008, so I doubt he’s all that thrilled to endorse Romney, but with Perry having been discarded already, even though he’s tons better than Romney, that doesn’t leave much room.
I was expecting he’d endorse Perry at some point, but I presume now that depends on whether he thinks Perry has any chance at all to win. I wish he had endorsed him back in November — maybe it would have helped Perry get signatures for Virginia. I also wish he’d consider a non-Governor.
On the other hand, he has first-hand knowledge of these guys, having worked with them over the years. He is a known solid conservative, and his ability to judge the candidates is probably superior to mine because of his additional knowledge.
I give McDonnell credit for working hard and having a pretty good record of bringing big businesses into Virginia, but he has been far from a solid conservative.