Dec 06, 2009
Hundreds of jubilant Republican activists descended on historic Williamsburg on Saturday to celebrate their landslide victories in Virginia last month and begin plotting to extend the comeback to the 2010 midterm elections and beyond.
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What a difference a year has made for Virginia’s Republican Party. Hailing a turnaround that seemed impossible after a historic 2008 trouncing in a Democratic sweep led by Barack Obama, jubilant Republicans cheered the party’s newest star, Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell, at their annual winter meeting Saturday.
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Virginia’s governor-elect, Bob McDonnell, may be the future of the Republican Party, if he can translate his substantial electoral victory into policy victories following his Jan. 16 inauguration as the state’s first GOP governor in eight years. McDonnell’s quiet demeanor is the polar opposite of the tub-thumping, angry conservative that has characterized much of Republican politics for more than 30 years, but he possesses solid convictions on matters of policy.
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The Republican victory tour hits Williamsburg this weekend as grass-roots foot soldiers, state lawmakers and GOP insiders come together for their yearly winter huddle.
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Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell is pressing state agencies for an inventory of projects, possible cost savings and potential problems facing his administration—from personnel to public relations.
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Retiring House District 20 Del. Chris Saxman is co-chairing Virginia Gov.-elect Robert F. McDonnell’s transition team on k-12 education. Saxman, R-Staunton, said he and former Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Bill Bosher will spend the next month reviewing personnel, programs and criteria at the Virginia Department of Education before issuing a report to McDonnell on Jan. 4.
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