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Rick Sincere News and Thoughts: Gay Politicos Back McDonnell
At the invitation of David Lampo of the Log Cabin Republican Club of Northern Virginia, I became one of the signatories to a letter expressing support for GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell. The letter expressly addresses McDonnell's positions on issues of concern to members of Virginia's ...
To McDonnell, solutions need input from all
hamptonroads.com — VIRGINIA BEACH Between campaign stops on a humid August day, Bob McDonnell s caravan detoured onto Petunia... Crescent in the Green Run neighborhood. McDonnell stepped out and, embracing his wife, Maureen, quietly stared at a modest brick home. They ... (more) To McDonnell, solutions need input from all
News Flash - Small Unpopular Fringe Party Wins In Virginia - UPDATE - And New Jersey
legalinsurrection.blogspot.com — News Flash -- Republican Bob McDonnell has been projected the winner of the Virginia Governor's race. Proving that even a... small, unpopular, fringe party which does not appeal to moderates or independents, can win over a large, popular, ... (more) News Flash - Small Unpopular Fringe Party Wins In ...
Not Right-But Still Angry (Guest Voice)
themoderatevoice.com — EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Tuesday’s elections were a rebuke to the right wing and a warning to... Democrats. They were also a timely reminder that President Obama needs to tune up his celebrated political organization and find a way to make Americans feel hopeful again. The ... (more) Not Right-But Still Angry (Guest Voice)
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Ken Cuccinelli’s Troubling Rhetoric
Below The Beltway — ... That stands in sharp contrast to both the rhetoric and the record of Cuccinelli’s ticket mate, and the man he seeks to succeed, Bob McDonnell and Cuccinelli seems to remain unapologetic: ...

Did Gay Issues Help Sink Hoffman?
GayPatriot — ... I didn’t need to see the polls to know that Bob McDonnell was going to to well on Tuesday, I knew it from the e-mails I received and blog posts I read.  My gay friends in the Commonwealth were voting Republican.  It seemed that the gay Republican vote was a kind of barometer of electoral success.  When, in the 1990s, gay Republicans embraced the GOP candidate, he won statewide.  When they didn’t, he lost.  The only two GOP statewide candidates to lose in the 1990s, Mike Farris and Oliver North were perceived as anti-gay. ...

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