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Interesting that big names are coming out to endorse McDonnell when the nominee has already been decided.
I’m not sure a Giuliani endorsement will do much more than help rally true McDonnell fans. The other endorsements by Jindal and Thompson however, can be used to try to pull in the conservatives and perhaps raise cash and support where little otherwise may have been found in some circles.
I wonder if McDonnell will notice that he is being given little credit by the Left for his “pragmatic” cooperation while in office. At the end of the day he is still a Republican and Ultra Lefties like McAulliffe will falsely insist that McDonnell was nothing but an obstructer to the Democrat administrations. Meanwhile, McDonnell has alienated much of what should have been his base.
Still, these endorsements are an undeniable positive for McDonnell’s campaign.
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Posted January 9, 2009 at 4:50 PM
In Virginia, how can an endorsement from a man who fools around on his wife, for homosexual civil unions (marriage) and a pro-abort, how does this help a party that is licking its wounds from the political death wish of moderates and confused center rights, bless their heart, so-called conservatives. Oh, maybe Virginia is for homosexual marriage and killing babies, maybe that’s why the republican party is in disarray today. For all you kool aid drinkers out there get use to being a minority party and doing your rah! rah! for more embarasing defeats. Want victory, start having the guts to think for yourself.
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Yay!
Why do I detect a note of sarcasm coming from you, Joel.
Interesting that big names are coming out to endorse McDonnell when the nominee has already been decided.
I’m not sure a Giuliani endorsement will do much more than help rally true McDonnell fans. The other endorsements by Jindal and Thompson however, can be used to try to pull in the conservatives and perhaps raise cash and support where little otherwise may have been found in some circles.
I wonder if McDonnell will notice that he is being given little credit by the Left for his “pragmatic” cooperation while in office. At the end of the day he is still a Republican and Ultra Lefties like McAulliffe will falsely insist that McDonnell was nothing but an obstructer to the Democrat administrations. Meanwhile, McDonnell has alienated much of what should have been his base.
Still, these endorsements are an undeniable positive for McDonnell’s campaign.
In Virginia, how can an endorsement from a man who fools around on his wife, for homosexual civil unions (marriage) and a pro-abort, how does this help a party that is licking its wounds from the political death wish of moderates and confused center rights, bless their heart, so-called conservatives. Oh, maybe Virginia is for homosexual marriage and killing babies, maybe that’s why the republican party is in disarray today. For all you kool aid drinkers out there get use to being a minority party and doing your rah! rah! for more embarasing defeats. Want victory, start having the guts to think for yourself.