Of course, that belies the fact that he did indeed participate in the 2009 RPV Convention, but who are we to quibble [1]?
“The lieutenant governor did not support changing the method of nomination from a primary to a convention,” Bolling spokeswoman Ibbie Hedrick said in statement Wednesday. “If we want to grow the Republican Party over time, we have to involve more people in the process of nominating our candidates, not fewer. Conventions empower the most strident voices within a political party, and they effectively disenfranchise more mainstream voters. Given these concerns, the lieutenant governor does not plan on attending or participating in the convention.”
Nevermind that supporters of Bolling were indeed begging for a convention vs. McDonnell back in 2009… because Bolling was considered to be the more conservative candidate over McDonnell.
My how the times have changed…