McDonnell To Give SOTU Response
Newly sworn-in VA Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) will deliver the GOP's response to Pres. Obama's State of the Union address Wednesday night.
In tapping McDonnell, GOPers hope to capitalize on the momentum the party has earned from recent electoral gains. McDonnell has been credited with laying out a blueprint for conservative GOPers to compete even in centrist states, and the party believes he is the best face to put in front of the country's surging populism.
Last year, LA Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) was tapped to offer the response amid growing excitement surrounding the Republican rising star.
Republican aides believed last year that a governor was the best foil after Obama's massive victory, because Jindal was cast as a Washington outsider and not someone who would be working with Obama on day-to-day legislation. Officials did not want a senator or a House leader delivering an address to counter some of Obama's proposals then, when they were trying to show willingness to work with the president.
This time, McDonnell's big win in VA in Nov., along with Sen.-elect Scott Brown's (R) victory in MA, are a message in their own, suggesting the party is making a dramatic comeback.
Update: It's not uncommon for newly-elected VA Govs. to become the face of the party. In '05, McDonnell's predecessor, Tim Kaine (D), gave the Dem rebuttal to Pres. Bush.
Great choice. This guy is on the fast track for bigger things down the road.
We need to start calling liberal democrats and their boss Obama the Marxists that they are... and quit walking on eggshells.You can't fix a problem unless you really identify it.
Bob McDonnell is going to be the next POTUS.
'the marxists that they are'
You dumb shits have swung so far right, you'd think Barry Goldwater was a socialist, and I'm pretty freakin' sure you don't have a clue about Marxism because then you'd understand your own idiocy.
And for the record, give up all the socialistic benefits you enjoy like, oh - say, fire & police protection, public utilities, etc.
Bob McDonnell is nothing but the American version of the Taliban
HA! Marxist! Wow. Republicans = Clueless. What has the GOP EVER DONE FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS? And I mean EVER?!
The Middle Class SHRANK BIGTIME in the Bush/Cheney "Lost Decade".
I guess the GOP doesn't WANT there to be a Middle Class.
The DEMS want there to be a healthy, vibrant Middle Class.
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