Ugh. Why the hell did he do that?
Never trusted this guy..he voted to limit us to “one gun a month” when he was in the House of delegates.He gave a huge victory to gun controller Guv. Doug Wilder.(D)
“Ugh. Why the hell did he do that?”
Because now that it seems the ballot-rigging will stand, and Gingrich may surge, and it is still 6 weeks to the VA primary; this now has the potential to be a huge embarrassment to the state, and backfire on Romney’s campaign, if the Congressman does well head-to-head against Romney.
He wants to be Romney’s VP selection. Virginia has a single-term limit for governors and McDonnell’s time is up this year.
UNfortunate but not surprising. McDonnell said long ago that he would likely support a governor, because he believes it is important to have executive experience.
I always presumed he was holding out because he was partial to Rick Perry, and now with Perry gone, Romney was the only governor left.
Some call this “establishment”, and in it’s non-negative form I guess that’s what it is — the people who have worked personally with Mitt Romney don’t have the same feelings about him as those who haven’t. (Kind of the opposite of the Gingrich thing, with his biggest critics coming from the ranks of people who worked closely with him).
I had this discussion with Bill Bolling once (he endorsed Romney in 2008 and 2012) and it was the same thing. He knew ROmney personally, had hung with him and his family, and was comfortable with the guy. Apparently Romney is likeable personally, and that seems important to some people.
I’m dissappointed, but I won’t hold this against McDonnell. It does however suggest that he’s not as likely to get tapped as a VP in a Gingrich administration; my guess is he wasn’t on tap for that anyway, since Gingrich and McDonnell live in the same state.
Bob McDonnell is a RINO and he supports RINO politicians.
This professed “pro-life” governor believes it’s OK to murder an unborn baby if he doesn’t like to the father is, i.e., cases of rape, incest, and of course the bogus life of the mother exception. He directly goes against the teachings of his Catholic faith that says all abortions are wrong. All people have a right to live. It makes no difference how they were conceived. They are all precious in the eyes of the Lord. By the way this is also Willard the liberal’s position. It’s OK to murder children in some circumstances.
McDonnell’s anti-abortion amendment not enough for conservatives
By Anita Kumar and Rosalind S. Helderman
Conservatives activists are lobbying state legislators who return to the Capitol Wednesday to reject an anti-abortion amendment proposed by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), saying the language of the amendment does not go far enough.
McDonnell’s amendment would be added to a bill that starts the process of creating a health insurance exchange for the underinsured, as required by the new federal health care law. It would prohibit any insurance plan offered as part of the exchange from including coverage for abortions, except in instances of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at risk.
“We appreciate that our governor believes this amendment is pro-life. However, closer examination reveals that this type of language ultimately perpetuates abortion,” said Jim Sedlak, a vice president at the American Life League. “As fellow Catholics and pro-lifers, we cannot support legislation that bargains innocent lives today against untold innocent lives in the future.”