November 18, 2009
Election 2009: A Model
That did not take long. Bob McDonnell already has been touted as a candidate for national office in 2012. We have a hunch that he intends to devote his...
November 16, 2009
Turnout, Turnaround: Which One?
Last year Barack Obama became the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry Virginia since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. His almost 2 million votes translated...
Online ads in Va. gubernatorial race ‘set the standard’
The day before the Nov. 3 election, Bob McDonnell’s campaign paid Google about $39,000 to saturate computers in Virginia and Washington with banner...
November 14, 2009
Gov.-elect McDonnell announces senior advisers to transition team
Senior advisers to Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell’s transition team include former members of Congress, veterans of former Gov. George Allen’s administration,...
McDonnell meets House Democrats, stresses common ground
Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell emerged from a meeting with House Democrats yesterday afternoon saying both sides are committed to working together...
November 12, 2009
McDonnell to meet with House Democratic Caucus
By JEFF E. SCHAPIRO AND JIM NOLAN TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERSTen days after his lopsided victory diminished their numbers, Governor-elect Bob McDonnell will meet tomorrow with members of the House Democratic Caucus....
November 10, 2009
Mims joining Hunton and Williams
By JEFF E. SCHAPIRO TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERBill Mims, Virginia’s attorney general and a confidant of Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell, has a new job—he’s joining the regulatory and lobbying...
November 08, 2009
Weakened Va. Democrats seek comeback strategy
History told Virginia Democrats it wasn’t going to be easy. For the past 32 years, the party that wins the White House has lost the governorship—a...
Two Virginia Democrats vote against health bill
Two of the six Democrats in Virginia’s congressional delegation last night voted against President Barack Obama’s 10-year, $1.2 trillion health-care...
Obstacles await McDonnell administration
Big win notwithstanding, Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell will start his administration hampered by a slashed state budget, a politically divided legislature...
