Virginian Federalist exclusively carries McDonnell editorial

By J.R. | February 25, 2008
Filed Under Attorney General |

Early this morning, the Virginian Federalist will have a new contributor on their already popular blog: Attorney General Bob McDonnell!

McDonnell has penned a few words exclusively for posting on TVF discussing his campaign promises made in 2005.

“Accountability matters.” wrote McDonnell in a statement. “Rhetoric must lead to results or citizens lose confidence. . . . With this in mind I have recently gone back through the platform we ran on in our 2005 campaign. I want to be accountable for how we have done once in office.”

In an advance look to Bearing Drift, Attorney General McDonnell discusses the following topics:

Protecting Children from Sexual Predators
Taking Dangerous Drug Dealers off our Streets
Defending Virginians against 21st Century Crimes, like Identity Theft
Combating Gang Violence
Strengthening Virginians’ Property Rights
Curbing Frivolous Prisoner Lawsuits, and
Protecting Virginians from Terrorist Threats

It is yet another first for the AG. He was the first state-wide elected official to live-blog, podcast, and now write an op-ed exclusively for a blog.

The bottom-line is that this medium offers all elected officials the opportunity to connect with the constituency like never before; kudos to the AG for recognizing this and leading in this environment. Also, congratulations to the Virginian Federalist on such a notable milestone.