A new poll conducted by The
Washington Post came to two interesting but unsurprising conclusions:
Virginians are less optimistic about where Virginia is headed and less
enthusiastic about Gov. Bob McDonnell.[1]
According to the poll, McDonnell’s approval rating declined
by six points over the past twelve months down to 56 percent. McDonnell also
received a nine-point percentage increase in his job disapproval.
Among the groups that McDonnell has lost the most support
with include urban women and independents.
But the implications of this year’s rocky session of the
General Assembly which saw a personhood bill, a transvaginal ultrasound bill[2],
and a contentious partisan facedown over Virginia’s biennial budget (among
others), could affect McDonnell’s political ambitions to become vice
presidential candidate under Mitt Romney.
Indeed, Romney will be attempting to re-label himself as “in
touch” with the average American, but bringing McDonnell onboard may have the
opposite effect after McDonnell and the Virginia GOP were derided nationally
for their controversial legislation that targeted women and minority rights to
vote[3].
The “out of touch bunch” would be lambasted by Obama’s
presidential campaign for their stances on just about every issue that is
crucial for winning the female and the independent vote.
McDonnell had a decision to make as governor: to be a
conservative centrist or to swing between the middle and the tea party right.[4]
McDonnell chose the latter and he may be suffering the consequences in the
immediate future as Romney looks elsewhere for a running mate.
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