Helping rebut the influx of the misleading and underhanded special interest attack ads against McDonnell (that seem to have the opposite effect on his polling numbers), GOPAC has launched a multi-media campaign on both the web and on TV in support of Bob McDonnell for Governor (link and video here).
GOPAC is an organization aimed mostly at non-federal races to build the Republican “farm team” across the nation, and enjoyed great success in the 1990s under the leadership of Newt Gingrich, before it’s resurgance two years ago when Michael Steele took over (Steele’s leadership at GOPAC helped him become elected as RNC Chairman). It’s a great group and it’s good to see them get involved in this race.
Even more stunning is the contrast between the positive campaign and ads McDonnell and his allies are running with the mud-slinging Democratic primary and the nasty ads and dishonest attacks special interests and liberal bloggers are targetting McDonnell with. No wonder McDonnell is the only candidate for Governor who the people of Virginia actually like.
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Apr 20th by VA Blogger
This add is very positive, and that’s good!McDonnell needs to keep his end of the campaign positive. As the democrats continue to sling mud, we can show the state of Va what “change” in politics really means.
Nice ideas, but the devil, of course, is in the details. How does he plan on creating jobs in Virginia, building roads & bridges, and making our schools the best in the country? Those three things all sound like they cost state money in order for the governor to have any influence on any of them. And where pray tell will we get this money from?
You want to bring business here via the state’s influence? That is marketing plus tax incentives (aka money). You want to build roads and bridges? That is more tax revenue so that we can do more than just fund road maintenance. Or else it is selling off our transportation infrastructure to private companies via the PPTA. I’m sure tolling the freeways is a real popular idea. You want to create incentives for world class schools? Well, incentives sounds like it costs something to me.
And last, “all our energy” I guess means offshore drilling. But offshore drilling doesn’t create jobs for Virginians, it creates jobs for Texans (generally speaking). Not that I have a problem with that. Most of my family is in Houston. So the more you help Houston out, I get a little benefit out of that too.