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Published 1/26/2009 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

(CNN) –- The GOP — looking for a glimmer of hope in the wake of November’s drubbing — has trained their eyes on Virginia, where Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell is pitching himself as a solutions-oriented leader who can reverse the commonwealth’s leftward drift. And McDonnell, running in a state The Weekly Standard has dubbed “Ground [...] (link)

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