“Bob McDonnell” on The Daily Caller

RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell said Friday evening that he will not spare the life of a 41-year-old woman who is set to become the first woman executed in the state in nearly a century. (more)

RICHMOND, VA. (AP) Gov. Bob McDonnell wants nearly $500 million from selling Virginia’s state-owned liquor stores to provide loans and grants for local highway congestion relief projects. (more)

I wonder if President Obama read what so many others did last month in The Washington Post: that Virginia will enjoy a $220 million budget surplus despite the struggling economy.  If not the Post, then surely the President glanced over a recent issue of The Economist in which Governor Chris Christie is congratulated for closing “an unprecedented $11 billion budget gap…without increasing taxes.” (more)

“Ladies and gentleman, is it wrong to love another man?” asked Rush Limbaugh on his popular radio program back in February.  “Because I love Chris Christie!” (more)

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is pursuing a deal with federal officials that would allow state troopers to enforce immigration law, effectively expanding statewide a program that a handful of Virginia counties have implemented. (more)

Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s new outspoken attorney general, doesn’t keep his cards close to his vest. (more)

Republicans in Congress may not be offering much in the way of alternatives to Democratic policies, preferring to play it safe politically and avoid giving the party in power targets to shoot at. (more)

RICHMOND — For months, aides to Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell have been meeting behind closed doors with alcohol retailers and wholesalers, public safety officials and faith-based groups to come up with a way to fulfill one of the governor’s most notable campaign promises: privatizing the state’s liquor stores. (more)

Even though Tuesday’s slate of elections featured far more primaries than actual Republican-vs.-Democrat contests, you could be forgiven for having the impression that Republicans had a terrible night. Despite a variety of factors that made the special election in Pennsylvania’s 12^th congressional district not particularly useful as a bellwether, it was touted today as proof that Republicans will be unfortunate underachievers in the fall elections. (more)

The Washington Post appears to be back in the game of hosting exclusive meetings of high-ranking public officials and journalists, though this time the paper has largely avoided the controversy that arose over last year’s ill-fated salons. (more)

Many Americans have been thinking out loud about the best way to get rid of ObamaCare, concerned that if not done soon, it will become another permanent costly entitlement program. (more)

RICHMOND – Gov. Bob McDonnell has rescinded a Virginia State Police policy that requires the volunteer chaplains to deliver non-denominational prayers at department-sanctioned events. (more)

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is proposing restored state funding for mine safety inspections in Virginia a week after a West Virginia mine blast killed 29 coal miners. (more)

RICHMOND, Va. – Prisoners in Virginia who want to vote again and have other civil rights restored will have to write to Gov. Bob McDonnell explaining why. A draft proposal by McDonnell’s administration would compel felons who want their rights back to tell the governor in writing about their crime, their rehabilitation and how they’ve contributed to society since doing their time. (more)

1.) The EPA is trying to kill us all — “Pilots, airlines and airports are warning the government’s proposed environmental restrictions on deicing fluid used to keep planes from freezing up and crashing could pose serious safety risks,” reports The Daily Caller’s Jonathan Strong. In order to protect nearby bodies of water, like streams and ditches and retention ponds, the EPA has proposed new regulations that would limit the amount of deicing fluid that airports can use to keep planes from crashing to 25 gallons. An EPA spokeswoman said that her organization “is concerned about the safety of the traveling public and the operational challenges that airports and airlines face in efficiently serving air traveler.” It appears the EPA is more concerned about satisfying the mermaid-huggers over at–well, who knows where these anti-airplane freaks are hiding. (more)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Bob McDonnell has brought Confederate History Month back to Virginia after an eight-year hiatus. (more)

Yesterday, President Obama proposed plans to open offshore drilling and exploration along the southern Atlantic coast, a portion of the eastern Gulf of Mexico and some of the coast of Alaska. This is a welcome step forward by the previously reluctant administration. Remember that President Bush lifted the ban on drilling offshore in June 2008 and the Congress followed by passing legislation in October 2008 when the cost of gasoline hit $4 per gallon. Having advocated for seven years for the federal government to allow Virginia to safely explore for oil and gas off our coast, it is good to see the president following the law. (more)

Virginia Beach Police Chief Jake Jacocks Jr. recently asked Gov. Bob McDonnell to veto the “concealed handguns in bars” bills that have passed both houses of the General Assembly. (more)

According to two knowledgeable sources, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele once raised the possibility of using party money to buy a private jet for his travel. (more)

Via Dave Weigel via Not Larry Sabato: (more)