EDT July 17, 2013
As va goes, So goes the us? The typically squeaky clean Old Dominion Statehouse is tainted by suggestions of cash gifts, Rolex watches and food shops sprees. November's political contest is resembling a tossup.
Va gubernatorial hopefuls Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Put, And Republican Ken Cuccinelli shake hands as they meet before a luncheon subsidized by the Virginia Public Access Project in Richmond, Virtual assistant, In could. The group tracks politics campaign spending.(Photos: Man Mahoney, The Richmond Times send, With your AP)
Story HighlightsHistory favors a Republican making it GOP Gov. Bob McDonnellBut McDonnell difficulty and Ken Cuccinelli ties to him may put the party at a disadvantageMeanwhile, Democrat Terry McAuliffe small businesses are also drawing scrutinyALEXANDRIA, Virtual assistant. The politician doing the most to shape the va governor's race isn't on the ballot.
The cascading down ethical travails of Gov. Bob McDonnell have overshadowed the efforts of the two men who want to succeed him Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe in a campaign with national consequences that has taken a sharply negative turn on its own.
"It dominates the life insurance policy, Which makes it harder to approach people about growing jobs and about a positive vision for Virginia, Cuccinelli said in a discussion with USA TODAY. He referred to making"My own mistakes vis disclosure" Involving gifts from the political donor behind the scandal but called them oversights which have been remedied and denied any wrongdoing.
"You hear chatter about it when you are on the trail, McAuliffe, Who headed the Democratic National Committee and co chaired leader Clinton's re election campaign, Agreed in another interview. "It's along with, But what people want comprehend is the huge challenges" Facing your next governor, From education to traffic traffic jam.
The two students are slated to square off Saturday at their first campaign debate, Sponsored by the Virginia Bar collective at a tony resort in Hot Springs, Virtual assistant. Their contest is being watched as test of the mood of voters on the issues such as the Affordable Care Act and immigration before the midterm elections such as the following next year.
Four in years past, As an example, McDonnell's election was an early sign of the voter unhappiness with barak and the health care debate that led to devastating Democratic setbacks in 2010, Including the loss of control of the House of agents.
Always, It's hard for position papers to contend with the drip drip drip of disclosures since March in The Washington Post and elsewhere about the $25,000 that Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams presented to pay for the weddings of McDonnell's daughters; All $6,500 Rolex watch he bought for McDonnell's wife to a number of circumstances governor; This $15,000 grocery spree he financed for her at Bergdorf Goodman, Along with $70,000 he presented to a company owned by the governor and his sister. (Williams also confirmed Cuccinelli $18,000 importance of gifts, And the authorized general made a profit on stock in his company.)
The federal and state deliberate or not into McDonnell reflect a remarkable fall from grace for the Republican governor, Whose politics future seemed limitless last year. He was mentioned as a running mate for Mitt Romney in 2012 and seen as a possible 2016 presidential candidate himself. Now some Virginia Democrats are with his resignation.
It is also unidentified political terrain for the Old Dominion. No sitting Virginia governor has tried such a serious scandal in modern times, Says political scientist Larry Sabato of the as well as college of Virginia. That contrasts with nj, The fundamental other state holding a gubernatorial election in November. Presently right now generally at this time now certainly, truth be told furthermore in that respect so here, Gov. Attorney for seven years he convicted or got guilty pleas from 130 nj-new jersey pols on bribery, Scams, Tax evasion along with other charges.
Christie is rated by the non partisan Cook politics Report as likely to win a second term this fall, And he's touted as a possible GOP presidential contender in 2016.
In va, Nonetheless, The governor's rush is a tossup. The Roanoke high school Poll, Taken July 8 through Sunday and released sunday, Put Cuccinelli coming up, 37% 31%. A survey taken last tuesday through Sunday by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling gave McAuliffe the edge, 41% 37%. Both leads were above the polls' margins of error.
OUT OF best-selling?
McAuliffe and Cuccinelli have national reputations happen to be assets and issues: Cuccinelli as being crusader on abortion, Global warming and other conservative social causes, McAuliffe as a premier Democratic fund raising evening and pal of the Clintons. Each portrays the other as out of the mainstream for what nowadays has become a swing state. Va, Which in fact had been safely Republican in presidential elections since 1968, Voted for barak in 2008 and 2012.
"Cuccinelli in some ways has abused his position looking for his ideological agenda, Whether it is suing a climate scientist at the University of Virginia or suing the universities to get them to stop enforcing anti elegance measures against gays and lesbians, Tells people pollster Geoffrey Garin, A strategist when considering McAuliffe. "If Cuccinelli were sdecided, He will be your most right wing governor in recent memory, With the possible exception to this rule of Sarah Palin,
Democratic TV ads claw Cuccinelli. In an ad released now and paid for by the state party, A retiree frets about Cuccinnelli's views in a book published this year praoclaiming that Social Security and Medicare have helped make Americans"Just a few government, "It scares me to consider Ken Cuccinelli as governor, She exclaimed. "I think he is way out of touch with each and every,
Cuccinelli, Unfortunately, Portrays McAuliffe as a vintage liberal with few deep ties to Virginia.
"I think if Virginians knew where Terry actually stood on citizen funding for abortion, For abortion up to the minute of birth, For sex selection abortion at the advantage(This woman) Those are things that I think that Virginia voters would find to be unsatisfactory to them, Cuccinelli said in an interview. He energized that McAuliffe had a"Rather tawdry politics history" As a fund raising evening. And he noted that he has released the past eight years of his tax statements, While his rival has not.Scandal clouds va governor's race
EDT July 17, 2013
As va goes, So goes the us? The typically squeaky clean Old Dominion Statehouse is tainted by suggestions of cash gifts, Rolex watches and food shops sprees. November's political contest is resembling a tossup.
Va gubernatorial hopefuls Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Put, And Republican Ken Cuccinelli shake hands as they meet before a luncheon subsidized by the Virginia Public Access Project in Richmond, Virtual assistant, In could. The group tracks politics campaign spending.(Photos: Man Mahoney, The Richmond Times send, With your AP)
Story HighlightsHistory favors a Republican making it GOP Gov. Bob McDonnellBut McDonnell difficulty and Ken Cuccinelli ties to him may put the party at a disadvantageMeanwhile, Democrat Terry McAuliffe small businesses are also drawing scrutinyALEXANDRIA, Virtual assistant. The politician doing the most to shape the va governor's race isn't on the ballot.
The cascading down ethical travails of Gov. Bob McDonnell have overshadowed the efforts of the two men who want to succeed him Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe in a campaign with national consequences that has taken a sharply negative turn on its own.
"It dominates the life insurance policy, Which makes it harder to approach people about growing jobs and about a positive vision for Virginia, Cuccinelli said in a discussion with USA TODAY. He referred to making"My own mistakes vis disclosure" Involving gifts from the political donor behind the scandal but called them oversights which have been remedied and denied any wrongdoing.
"You hear chatter about it when you are on the trail, McAuliffe, Who headed the Democratic National Committee and co chaired leader Clinton's re election campaign, Agreed in another interview. "It's along with, But what people want comprehend is the huge challenges" Facing your next governor, From education to traffic traffic jam.
The two students are slated to square off Saturday at their first campaign debate, Sponsored by the Virginia Bar collective at a tony resort in Hot Springs, Virtual assistant. Their contest is being watched as test of the mood of voters on the issues such as the Affordable Care Act and immigration before the midterm elections such as the following next year.
Four in years past, As an example, McDonnell's election was an early sign of the voter unhappiness with barak and the health care debate that led to devastating Democratic setbacks in 2010, Including the loss of control of the House of agents.
Always, It's hard for position papers to contend with the drip drip drip of disclosures since March in The Washington Post and elsewhere about the $25,000 that Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams presented to pay for the weddings of McDonnell's daughters; All $6,500 Rolex watch he bought for McDonnell's wife to a number of circumstances governor; This $15,000 grocery spree he financed for her at Bergdorf Goodman, Along with $70,000 he presented to a company owned by the governor and his sister. (Williams also confirmed Cuccinelli $18,000 importance of gifts, And the authorized general made a profit on stock in his company.)
The federal and state deliberate or not into McDonnell reflect a remarkable fall from grace for the Republican governor, Whose politics future seemed limitless last year. He was mentioned as a running mate for Mitt Romney in 2012 and seen as a possible 2016 presidential candidate himself. Now some Virginia Democrats are with his resignation.
It is also unidentified political terrain for the Old Dominion. No sitting Virginia governor has tried such a serious scandal in modern times, Says political scientist Larry Sabato of the as well as college of Virginia. That contrasts with nj, The fundamental other state holding a gubernatorial election in November. Presently right now generally at this time now certainly, truth be told furthermore in that respect so here, Gov. Attorney for seven years he convicted or got guilty pleas from 130 nj-new jersey pols on bribery, Scams, Tax evasion along with other charges.
Christie is rated by the non partisan Cook politics Report as likely to win a second term this fall, And he's touted as a possible GOP presidential contender in 2016.
In va, Nonetheless, The governor's rush is a tossup. The Roanoke high school Poll, Taken July 8 through Sunday and released sunday, Put Cuccinelli coming up, 37% 31%. A survey taken last tuesday through Sunday by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling gave McAuliffe the edge, 41% 37%. Both leads were above the polls' margins of error.
OUT OF best-selling?
McAuliffe and Cuccinelli have national reputations happen to be assets and issues: Cuccinelli as being crusader on abortion, Global warming and other conservative social causes, McAuliffe as a premier Democratic fund raising evening and pal of the Clintons. Each portrays the other as out of the mainstream for what nowadays has become a swing state. Va, Which in fact had been safely Republican in presidential elections since 1968, Voted for barak in 2008 and 2012.
"Cuccinelli in some ways has abused his position looking for his ideological agenda, Whether it is suing a climate scientist at the University of Virginia or suing the universities to get them to stop enforcing anti elegance measures against gays and lesbians, Tells people pollster Geoffrey Garin, A strategist when considering McAuliffe. "If Cuccinelli were sdecided, He will be your most right wing governor in recent memory, With the possible exception to this rule of Sarah Palin,
Democratic TV ads claw Cuccinelli. In an ad released now and paid for by the state party, A retiree frets about Cuccinnelli's views in a book published this year praoclaiming that Social Security and Medicare have helped make Americans"Just a few government, "It scares me to consider Ken Cuccinelli as governor, She exclaimed. "I think he is way out of touch with each and every,
Cuccinelli, Unfortunately, Portrays McAuliffe as a vintage liberal with few deep ties to Virginia.
"I think if Virginians knew where Terry actually stood on citizen funding for abortion, For abortion up to the minute of birth, For sex selection abortion at the advantage(This woman) Those are things that I think that Virginia voters would find to be unsatisfactory to them, Cuccinelli said in an interview. He energized that McAuliffe had a"Rather tawdry politics history" As a fund raising evening. And he noted that he has released the past eight years of his tax statements, While his rival has not.Scandal clouds va governor's race
EDT July 17, 2013
As va goes, So goes the us? The typically squeaky clean Old Dominion Statehouse is tainted by suggestions of cash gifts, Rolex watches and food shops sprees. November's political contest is resembling a tossup.
Va gubernatorial hopefuls Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Put, And Republican Ken Cuccinelli shake hands as they meet before a luncheon subsidized by the Virginia Public Access Project in Richmond, Virtual assistant, In could. The group tracks politics campaign spending.(Photos: Man Mahoney, The Richmond Times send, With your AP)
Story HighlightsHistory favors a Republican making it GOP Gov. Bob McDonnellBut McDonnell difficulty and Ken Cuccinelli ties to him may put the party at a disadvantageMeanwhile, Democrat Terry McAuliffe small businesses are also drawing scrutinyALEXANDRIA, Virtual assistant. The politician doing the most to shape the va governor's race isn't on the ballot.
The cascading down ethical travails of Gov. Bob McDonnell have overshadowed the efforts of the two men who want to succeed him Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe in a campaign with national consequences that has taken a sharply negative turn on its own.
"It dominates the life insurance policy, Which makes it harder to approach people about growing jobs and about a positive vision for Virginia, Cuccinelli said in a discussion with USA TODAY. He referred to making"My own mistakes vis disclosure" Involving gifts from the political donor behind the scandal but called them oversights which have been remedied and denied any wrongdoing.
"You hear chatter about it when you are on the trail, McAuliffe, Who headed the Democratic National Committee and co chaired leader Clinton's re election campaign, Agreed in another interview. "It's along with, But what people want comprehend is the huge challenges" Facing your next governor, From education to traffic traffic jam.
The two students are slated to square off Saturday at their first campaign debate, Sponsored by the Virginia Bar collective at a tony resort in Hot Springs, Virtual assistant. Their contest is being watched as test of the mood of voters on the issues such as the Affordable Care Act and immigration before the midterm elections such as the following next year.
Four in years past, As an example, McDonnell's election was an early sign of the voter unhappiness with barak and the health care debate that led to devastating Democratic setbacks in 2010, Including the loss of control of the House of agents.
Always, It's hard for position papers to contend with the drip drip drip of disclosures since March in The Washington Post and elsewhere about the $25,000 that Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams presented to pay for the weddings of McDonnell's daughters; All $6,500 Rolex watch he bought for McDonnell's wife to a number of circumstances governor; This $15,000 grocery spree he financed for her at Bergdorf Goodman, Along with $70,000 he presented to a company owned by the governor and his sister. (Williams also confirmed Cuccinelli $18,000 importance of gifts, And the authorized general made a profit on stock in his company.)
The federal and state deliberate or not into McDonnell reflect a remarkable fall from grace for the Republican governor, Whose politics future seemed limitless last year. He was mentioned as a running mate for Mitt Romney in 2012 and seen as a possible 2016 presidential candidate himself. Now some Virginia Democrats are with his resignation.
It is also unidentified political terrain for the Old Dominion. No sitting Virginia governor has tried such a serious scandal in modern times, Says political scientist Larry Sabato of the as well as college of Virginia. That contrasts with nj, The fundamental other state holding a gubernatorial election in November. Presently right now generally at this time now certainly, truth be told furthermore in that respect so here, Gov. Attorney for seven years he convicted or got guilty pleas from 130 nj-new jersey pols on bribery, Scams, Tax evasion along with other charges.
Christie is rated by the non partisan Cook politics Report as likely to win a second term this fall, And he's touted as a possible GOP presidential contender in 2016.
In va, Nonetheless, The governor's rush is a tossup. The Roanoke high school Poll, Taken July 8 through Sunday and released sunday, Put Cuccinelli coming up, 37% 31%. A survey taken last tuesday through Sunday by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling gave McAuliffe the edge, 41% 37%. Both leads were above the polls' margins of error.
OUT OF best-selling?
McAuliffe and Cuccinelli have national reputations happen to be assets and issues: Cuccinelli as being crusader on abortion, Global warming and other conservative social causes, McAuliffe as a premier Democratic fund raising evening and pal of the Clintons. Each portrays the other as out of the mainstream for what nowadays has become a swing state. Va, Which in fact had been safely Republican in presidential elections since 1968, Voted for barak in 2008 and 2012.
"Cuccinelli in some ways has abused his position looking for his ideological agenda, Whether it is suing a climate scientist at the University of Virginia or suing the universities to get them to stop enforcing anti elegance measures against gays and lesbians, Tells people pollster Geoffrey Garin, A strategist when considering McAuliffe. "If Cuccinelli were sdecided, He will be your most right wing governor in recent memory, With the possible exception to this rule of Sarah Palin,
Democratic TV ads claw Cuccinelli. In an ad released now and paid for by the state party, A retiree frets about Cuccinnelli's views in a book published this year praoclaiming that Social Security and Medicare have helped make Americans"Just a few government, "It scares me to consider Ken Cuccinelli as governor, She exclaimed. "I think he is way out of touch with each and every,
Cuccinelli, Unfortunately, Portrays McAuliffe as a vintage liberal with few deep ties to Virginia.
"I think if Virginians knew where Terry actually stood on citizen funding for abortion, For abortion up to the minute of birth, For sex selection abortion at the advantage(This woman) Those are things that I think that Virginia voters would find to be unsatisfactory to them, Cuccinelli said in an interview. He energized that McAuliffe had a"Rather tawdry politics history" As a fund raising evening. And he noted that he has released the past eight years of his tax statements, While his rival has not.
