Creigh Deeds Attempts a “Do Over”...and Fails

Creigh Deeds Attempts a “Do Over”...and Fails

Promises “Major” Speech, but Fails to Announce Any New Policy Proposals

Brags about Supporting Higher Taxes; Refuses to Offer Transportation Plan

RICHMOND- Creigh Deeds today attempted to gain a “Do Over” for his struggling campaign by promoting a “major” speech at George Mason University that would “lay out the themes” of the gubernatorial campaign.

However, the “major” speech contained no new policy proposals and, surprisingly given his location in Northern Virginia, featured no announcement of a transportation plan.
In response McDonnell for Governor Director of Communications J. Tucker Martin noted, “That was the most backwards looking speech ever given by a Virginia gubernatorial nominee. If Creigh Deeds thinks blowing the dust off an old political playbook amounts to a major new announcement, he doesn’t get what the voters of Virginia are looking for in their next governor.  Virginians need jobs and opportunity. Instead, Creigh Deeds is focused on history lessons about former governors and presidents, and trying to bring back old time wedge politics to tear Virginians apart.”

Martin continued, “Today’s stunt did remind Virginians of several key points in this campaign. They saw that Creigh Deeds has no vision to offer.  Creigh demonstrated his desire to divide Virginians on social issues. Voters sitting in traffic in Northern Virginia heard yet again that Creigh has no transportation plan at all. And Creigh continued to highlight his consistent and strong support for massive tax hikes on hardworking Virginians. Instead of staging publicity stunts with nothing new to say, and trying to divide Virginians to rally his unenthusiastic base, Creigh Deeds should start issuing positive policies like Bob McDonnell has been doing for the past six months.  Virginians know how Bob McDonnell plans to create jobs, improve our schools and roads and make energy more affordable.  And increasingly, they know that Creigh Deeds’ negative campaign and plans to raise taxes and make national labor unions his ‘partner’ in Richmond will kill jobs in our Commonwealth. “