Good luck with this strategy:An enthusiastic crowd greeted Republican Bob McDonnell in Lynchburg on Tuesday night on the fourth day of his gubernatorial campaign kickoff tour of about 20 Virginia cities.
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Sen. Steve Newman, R-Lynchburg, introduced McDonnell, saying, “this is a critical election.”
“What Obama is trying in Washington can be stanched by the election of Bob McDonnell,” Newman said.
So, McDonnell is going to run against a president with a 60%-29% job approval rating. Brilliant! :)
Meanwhile, it's interesting that this is what the McDonnell folks are saying in Lynchburg. In places like northern Virginia, McDonnell's posing as a "moderate," with McDonnell's campaign chair, Ed "Embedded Lobbyist" Gillespie, recently telling the Hotline, "People saw Barack Obama as someone who could fix things, who could solve problems, and people see Bob McDonnell as someone who can fix things and can get things done."
So, which is it: Bob McDonnell as the anti-Obama, or Bob McDonnell as Virginia's version of Obama? It's so confusing. Or maybe just so hypocritical - you decide.
UPDATE: Or maybe this is the answer? Voter suppression?
