Quote of the Day: Gov. McDonnell and the Big Whine

McDonnell and a Republican General Assembly Buddy.

"The Republican social wish-list implemented in Virginia is consistent with the visage of McDonnell that briefly imperiled his candidacy in 2009: The ideologue whose law-school thesis at Pat Robertson U. groused about 'cohabitators, homosexuals (and) fornicators.'

"Luckily for McDonnell, voters were distracted from his generally unrepentant views by an under-performing economy and an underwhelming opponent. That perhaps instilled in McDonnell a sense that his script was, indeed, the public's."

--Jeff Schapiro in today's Richmond Times-Dispatch, talking about Virginia's governor's complaints about how the General Assembly was covered by the news media.