McDonnell was probably mentioned as a courtesy, as the fund raiser was in Virginia.
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McDonnel is very good. He is conservative, a veteran, a business man, and is an excellent campaigner. He beat Creigh Deeds by 20 points the year after Obama carried the state by 7. He would help in VA, which is sure to be a battle ground.
In the campaign for governor, the Post and other MSM-Obama outfits tried desperately to make the campaign about conservative social issues, in an attempt to galvanize the northern Virginia liberal base. McDonnell stayed on message: jobs, jobs and more jobs. He is very, very savvy. Oh, and Virginia has a surplus without raising taxes.
Thank you! McDonnell sounds great, a business guy would further serve to bolster Romney’s biz cred, if he is selected. And, yes, I remember the situation with Deeds, now that you mentioned it.
Earlier, I said Christie and Rubio were Romney’s target. Christie has said words to the effect that a presidetial canditate would be a lunitic to pick him as a running mate. Christie says he is not VP material and at this point I partly agree. I don’t know that Christie could throttle it back and stay on message, etc.
However, and this could be very important, Christie has the grivitas, the presence, via sound bites and in interviews to skewer pretty much any sham liberal/MSM story line of the type that they use on a daily basis against conservatives. So, in that respect, a Christie as veep could be a huge advantage. This would allow Romney (or whoever) to ramain above the fray and they could still counter the press that will be aligned against them.
The reason that Virginia has a "surplus" is because our General Assembly didn't make required payments to the state employee retirement system. Oh, and Richmond required businesses to pre-pay sales taxes one month early in order to front-load the revenue into the current fiscal year.