Steve Shannon and Ken Cuccinelli are debating tonight in Manassas at an event sponsored by the Prince William Committee of 100. Somebody sent me the above photo, which I thought was interesting. I'm not at the debate (among other reasons, today's my 14th wedding anniversary), but I'm looking forward to people's reports, tweets, etc.UPDATE: Prince William Democratic Committee Chair Pete Frisbie tweets, "Ken starts off attacking unions," "Great opening by SHANNON!," "Shannon highlights his experience vs Ken's lack of experience," "CLEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AG CANDIDATES ON EVERY ISSUE."
NLS tweets the following.
*"Oohhh Steve looks miffed when Ken is introduced as Senator Ken Cuccinelli and Steve is just intro'd as Steve Shannon."
*"Cooch opening statement: ripping unions while looking at guys in orange union shirts."
*"Shannon opening statement: All about sexual predators. Got to broaden."
*"'Hats off to my opponent for getting the first press release out.'- Steve. Good zinger."
*"Steve scoring big points on public corruption."
*"Good instincts by Steve- going back to public corruption again- his strongest point so far."
*"Steve back to Hamilton again- says Feds will take care of Hamilton. Wow."
*"Steve says McDonnell, Bolling take public corruption seriously, Ken does not."
*"Steve: People have a fundamental right to bear arms... But there are limits to every constitutional right."
*"Cooch wants guns in the General Assembly building????? That's his issue????"
*"Steve gaining strength as the debate goes on."
*"Steve called Ken xenophobic. Ken getting mad."
*"Woah Woah- Steve just broke with Jim Webb on prison reform big time. Huge error"
*"Ken claims 70 percent of prison beds are violent criminals. I'm skeptical."
*"Steve back on child porn. He says it will be his "focus" if he wins. Yeah, we can tell."
*"Cooch says easiest way to prevent your data being stolen is to not collect it."
*"Cooch back to union bashing."
*"Steve setting up Bob McDonnell-Steve Shannon endorsements. Watch this over next 4 weeks- he is setting up to throw @CreighDeeds under bus."
*"Ha- Cooch just stole my line about Steve throwing @CreighDeeds under the bus."
*"Steve is getting passionate. About business. Says Ken can't get business endorsements."
*"All of Steve's union guys bailed during the break."
*"Ken asks question to Steve: How many divisions are there in the AG office. This will be interesting."
*"Uh Oh. Steve dodges. He doesn't know the answer to the question."
*"Steve question to Cooch: On consumer affairs. Ken goes back to Steve not knowing the answer to his question."
*"Sorry to see Steve not know the answer to that question. Ken would have been devastated if he was able to."
*"@leftofthehill claims she left before we could see who said it. Lame."
Bryan Scrafford tweets:
*"Cuccinelli is claiming he has criminal justice experience. Odd since @steveshannon is the one who was a prosecutor"
*"@steveshannon used his opening statement to talk about keeping the community safe which is what the AG should do."
*"@steveshannon promotes addressing the causes of criminal behavior. Cuccinelli doesn't care about fixing the problem."
*"@steveshannon just said he won't focus on political agenda. He'll listen to ideas from both sides of the aisle."
*"@steveshannon just pointed out that putting out the first press release doesn't mean you have the best idea."
*"@steveshannon pointed out Cuccinelli was the only Senator to vote against a bill that would punish officials who steal taxpayers money."
*"Mike Henry is standing right next to Greg Letiecq at the AG debate. Interesting."
*"Interesting theme emerging. @steveshannon wants to improve community. Cuccinelli wants to punish everyone."
*"The teabaggers just applauded when Cuccinelli bragged about being anti-labor. I guess they don't like working class people."
*"@steveshannon just nailed it. Cuccinelli puts an extremist agenda before doing what'll help Virginians."
*"Cuccinelli supporter sitting near me just said @steveshannon is 'worse than that ni*** they put in the white house'"
Mike Henry tweets:
*"Hmm. @KenCuccinelli even more sanctimonious than usual tonight, must be getting nervous."
*"Amazing, @KenCuccinelli basically says he won't enforce the law based on how he feels that day."
*"Cuccinelli yellow flags just turned white. Steve is doing very well."
*"key takeaways from debate: @SteveShannon will enforce the law, focus on protecting our kids, and put corrupt officials behind bars"
*"key takeaways: @KenCuccinelli thinks he has personal veto power over laws, weak on public employees who steal money, & has persnl pol agenda"
*"Amazing, @KenCuccinelli basically says he won't enforce the law based on how he feels that day."
