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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell says he’s a White Zinfandel fan. Soon he may be able to pick up his favorite wine at a local liquor store that his state doesn’t own. The governor is sticking by his campaign promise, and says he plans to get Virginia out of the liquor business.

Politics: As attention fixed on Massachusetts' election, the counterrevolution against Obama's Washington had already begun in Virginia, where Gov. Bob McDonnell pledged himself to pushing back federal power. Like this week's senatorial contest in the Commonwealth, last November's gubernatorial election in the Old Dominion was seen as a referendum on Obama's megalomania. A former state attorney general, McDonnell waged a flawlessly positive campaign against lackluster legislator Creigh Deeds. Democrats blamed McDonnell's win on Deeds' performance-challenged campaign — just as they pointed fingers in New Jersey at incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine for his loss to Chris Christie. But more astute observers...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) - Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address next Wednesday.</p>

Yeeee Haaaaa! Don't let the door hit ya on the way out Timmy.

Gov. Bob McDonnell may have ended plans to transfer to Germany a killer serving two life terms in Virginia. The issue, however, might not be over. Before he left office last week, then-Gov. Timothy M. Kaine approved a request from the German government asking the U.S. Department of Justice to transfer Jens Soering, 43, to his native Germany.