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Phil Cox, Former Bob McDonnell Campaign Head, to Run GOP Gov Group
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyPhil Cox did such a good job running Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's winning campaign in 2009, he's now been tapped for a leadership position at the group charged with electing GOP governors nationwide. Cox has been named executive director of the Republican Governors Association, the group announced in a statement on its website Monday. The longtime political strategist was on the RGA staff during the 2010 election, helping orchestrate Republican wins in Pennsylvania and Florida. "Phil is uniquely qualified to help guide the RGA as it embarks on an expanded role, welcoming more than 15 new ...
Haley Barbour Doesn't Remember the Civil Rights Era as 'Being That Bad'
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsMississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's recollection of the civil rights era is making some headlines. "I just don't remember it as being that bad," Barbour told the Weekly Standard during an interview for a recent profile. "I remember Martin Luther King came to town, in '62. He spoke out at the old fairground and it was full of people, black and white." When asked about what King spoke about that day, Barbour replied: "I don't really remember. The truth is, we couldn't hear very well. We were sort of out there on the periphery. We just sat on our cars, watching the girls, talking, doing what boys ...
Chris Christie's Advice to GOP Governors Brings Down the House
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailySAN DIEGO -- When at least four possible presidential contenders – Govs. Haley Barbour, Bobby Jindal, Tim Pawlenty and Mitch Daniels -- shared a stage at the Republican Governors Association conference Thursday morning, along with Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie, who do you think was the standout? Yes, Barbour's every word is quotable, Daniels has sewn up the David Brooks primary, and no one can say that Pawlenty doesn't present well. But if you read Politics Daily's Jill Lawrence, you might not be surprised to learn that it was Christie who got the most applause and laughs from the ...
Chris Christie's Star Turn Raises National Prospects, Nearly $9 Million for GOP
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe unlikely emergence of Chris Christie proves once again that you can never tell who is going to take off in the public imagination. The New Jersey governor not only rocked on the 2010 campaign trail, he quickly became a regular on short lists of Republican presidential prospects. A year ago, the new Republican governor to watch was the one who prevailed in the only other gubernatorial race of 2009, Bob McDonnell of Virginia. The even-tempered, perfectly coiffed McDonnell ran a textbook campaign, won by 17 percentage points and was chosen to give the televised GOP response to President ...
Bob McDonnell to New Hampshire; Cue the Mandatory Speculation
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAfter a 17-point general election win in November 2009, expectations were high for Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell -- both as the state's chief executive and as a party star. While McDonnell has been somewhat overshadowed by that other 2009 gubernatorial winner -- New Jersey's Chris Christie -- he still enjoys a 63 percent approval rating in the commonwealth and has remained a top "get" for campaigns as he helps raise money and boosts candidates across the country. In fact, McDonnell's team estimates that he has helped raise $2.5 million for GOP candidates across the nation. This week, ...
Pat Robertson's Regent University Gets Bailout
By David Gibson - Politics DailyRegent University is the Virginia Beach-based school founded by televangelist Pat Robertson to educate a new generation of conservative Christians for leadership roles in politics and society, and it has enjoyed much success: Virginia's new governor, Bob McDonnell, is a Regent grad and a rising star in the Republican Party, and George W. Bush hired some 150 Regent grads to work in his administration. (Though at least one famous example, Monica Goodling of the attorneys general firing controversy, didn't work out so well.) But influential alums are not translating into fundraising gains for ...
Virginia Isn't for Obama Lovers: Pair of Rulings Escalates Key Political Fights
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 2) -- Virginia may be for lovers, but given recent developments there, the state isn't giving much love to President Barack Obama. In 2008, Obama became the first Democrat in 44 years to take the state of Virginia, defeating Republican rival John McCain by a margin of more than 8 percentage points. Just one year later, however, independent voters swung in the other direction and helped elect conservative Republican Bob McDonnell as governor. In 2010, McDonnell was cast as Obama's foil as he was tapped to deliver the televised rebuttal to the president's State of the Union address. ...
Tourists Unmoved By Confederate History Month
By Jennifer Martinez - AOL News(April 22) -- He did it to promote tourism, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said after his decision to recognize April as Confederate History Month in the commonwealth drew sharp blowback. Now, with the month winding down, the question can be explored: Has McDonnell's move provided the boon he pledged? At least for this year, the answer is no, according to anecdotal evidence from some members of Virginia's tourism industry. One of the obvious potential beneficiaries of McDonnell's proclamation would have been the Museum of the Confederacy, located in Richmond. Its visitors can see the frock coat ...
McDonnell's Virginia Proclamation a Skirmish in Ongoing Un-Civil War
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyCall it the battle of Richmond. Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia issues a proclamation for Confederate History Month in the commonwealth, leaving out any mention of the buying and selling of human beings and the brutal decades of Jim Crow that followed. After taking heat for the omission, he adds a paragraph, and no one is happy -- not the Sons of Confederate Veterans, whose whispers in his ear prompted the original version, nor the descendants of those once defined as three-fifths of a person, who have been fighting to reclaim their entire selves ever since. It carried me back, all right, to ...
Va. Governor Revives Confederate History Month
By Mara Gay - AOL News(April 7) -- Celebrating the Confederacy is no longer a lost cause. For nearly a decade, Virginia has quietly declined to mark its secession from the union. But on Tuesday -- days before the anniversary of the outbreak of the Civil War -- Gov. Bob McDonnell declared April as Confederate History Month in Virginia for the first time since 2001. The proclamation, written in formal tones and posted on the Republican governor's Web site, declares Confederate history something "all Virginians can appreciate," but critics noted it fails to mention slavery -- an omission for which the governor ...
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