Posted on 06/06/2012 7:49:23 AM PDT by Gopher Broke
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli holds a commanding 51 - 15 percent lead over Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling in the 2013 Republican primary for governor, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
In Virginia's U.S. Senate race, two former governors, Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican George Allen, are locked in a year-long, too-close-to-call race with 44 percent for Kaine and 43 percent for Allen.
Gov. Bob McDonnell gets a 53 - 30 percent job approval rating, matching his all-time low of 53 - 32 percent in a March 21 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University.
The race for governor in 2013 on the Republican side is shaping up as a battle between the lieutenant governor and attorney general with no other Republican appearing likely to enter the race. At this point Cuccinelli holds huge leads among all GOP demographic groups.
He leads among GOP men 55 - 20 percent, women 46 - 9 percent, 54 - 15 percent among conservatives and 45 - 15 percent among moderates, 51 - 15 percent among white evangelical Christians and 67 - 8 percent among those who consider themselves part of the Tea Party movement.
(Excerpt) Read more at quinnipiac.edu ...
Wouldn’t having the LT Governor be a better choice since he sees what the Governor does everyday? That is like not accepting the Vice President as the Presidential nomination after he was just VP for 8 years.
Bolling is a RINO! Virginia needs a conservative for Governor, and Cuccinelli is a conservative!
NO. Ken Cuccinelli is a constitutional conservative, Bolling is a establishment moderate at best.
The LG job is part-time, mostly presiding over the Senate, in session for only 2 months a year.
Cuccinelli is the ONLY rational choice, in my mind.
Bolling is a RINO! Virginia needs a conservative for Governor, and Cuccinelli is a conservative!
Bolling is much more of a moderate, establishment guy. Cuccinelli a much stronger conservative.
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