What to Expect from McDonnell’s Address
Posted by Team McD - Wed, January 27, 2010 at 01:57 PM
What to expect from Governor Bob McDonnell's address tonight from our friends at bearingdrift.com.
...McDonnell will highlight six major themes in approximately ten minutes in front of about 300 invited guests who will be seated behind him on risers. In McDonnell’s “positive, upbeat, and consistent manner”, he will talk about education, energy, jobs, national security, health care and government spending, said Tucker Martin, McDonnell’s spokesman.
“We don’t have sixty minutes like the president, so we can’t get into the weeds,” said Martin. “But the speech’s language will be clear and concise, and, if you have followed Bob McDonnell, you will know this speech.”
McDonnell will highlight where Republicans and the president have common ground, such as on charter schools, but will certainly point out differences, especially on government spending. ...
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Governor: The Republicans have some good ideas about healthcare reform (buy across state lines, tort reform, etc) why not get some Republican senators to propose these as amendments to the current house/senate bill and hen agree to vote for it?