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The Campaign Spot

Election-driven news and views . . . by Jim Geraghty.


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McDonnell for Romney

This morning brings word that Bob McDonnell, the governor of Virginia, will endorse Mitt Romney and travel to South Carolina to campaign with him.

McDonnell has spoken in the past of his preference for the Republican nominee to have gubernatorial experience, and of his friendship with Rick Perry.

Of course, McDonnell lives in Virginia, where the only names on the ballot will be Romney and Ron Paul. So if McDonnell wanted to endorse a candidate that he could actually support with a vote in the primary, perhaps this decision turned out to be pretty easy.

Tags: Bob McDonnell, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry

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   01/20/12 07:33

... and maybe we should be worried about another of Romney's mates, too: Condoleezza Rice, aka "The American Faust" according to this new and damning documentary:

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Tom O'Gorman
   01/20/12 09:05

Obviously Romney felt that an endorsement from a successful southern governor would be a help in a southern state. McDonnell probably feels that however Gingrich does in SC, Romney's still the prohibitive favourite.

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   01/20/12 10:14

It would not at all surprise me to see McDonnell end up as Romney's running mate, should he secure the nomination. McDonnell is a strong southern conservative from a swing state, and a very effective communicator.

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