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Bob Mcdonnell

  1. racism
    Two More Neo-Confederate School Names Challenged in VirginiaSchool officials resisting the NAACP suit tout history, but they’re the ones whitewashing the adoption of Confederate symbols to oppose civil rights.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. What’s Up With Those Wild Polls in Virginia?Non-presidential polling is always tougher.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. SCOTUS Overturns McDonnell Corruption ConvictionFor Bob McDonnell, this means a new trial or maybe even freedom. For the country’s prosecutors, it means a tougher job going after corruption.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. crimes and misdemeanors
    Bob McDonnell Heads to the Supreme Court for a Second OpinionThe former Virginia governor doesn’t have to go to jail while his case is considered.
    By Jaime Fuller
  5. crimes and misdemeanors
    Corrupt Former Virginia Governor Gets Two Years in PrisonHis lawyers argued that the spectacle of his trial was punishment enough.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  6. crimes and misdemeanors
    Super-Sad Couple Shtick Fails Miserably for Bob McDonnell and Scapegoat WifeBoth were convicted on a combined 20 counts of corruption today.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  7. the national interest
    Republican Presidential Candidates Keep Getting ProsecutedMcDonnell, Christie, now Scott Walker.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. stuck in the mittle
    Mitt Romney Gave Ex-Virginia Governor a Little Something for His Legal Defense$10,000.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  9. good wives
    Political Scandals: Basically Always the Wife’s Fault?When “good wives” have great taste.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  10. the national circus
    Frank Rich on the National Circus: McDonnell and Christie Rise and Fall TogetherThe great Republican Establishment’s hopes are dead on arrival.
    By Frank Rich
  11. crimes and misdemeanors
    Ex–Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Charged With Really Loving the Good LifeHe and his wife are accused of accepting a lot of gifts from a donor.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  12. Bob McDonnell’s Daughter’s Wedding Dinner Now a Matter for the F.B.I.So much for 2016.
    By Adam Martin
  13. the post-racial world
    Haley Barbour Defends Virginia’s Confederate History Month ProclamationIt “doesn’t amount to diddly,” Barbour said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  14. the post-racial world
    Virginia Governor Admits That Slavery and Civil War Are RelatedThe proclamation declaring April “Confederate History Month” will now contain a passage acknowledging slavery.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  15. the post-racial world
    Virginia Governor Pretends Civil War Had Nothing to Do With SlaveryHe issues a Confederate History Month proclamation that never once mentions slavery.
    By Dan Amira
  16. early and often
    The GOP Has Clearly Learned Some Things From Bobby Jindal
    By Chris Rovzar
  17. early and often
    Bob McDonnell Is This Year’s Bobby JindalThe Virginia governor will deliver the GOP response to the President’s State of the Union.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  18. early and often
    Candidate for Governor of Virginia Targets Bloomberg’s Yankee-Mobster MeddlingOf course mobsters are involved. That’s what all New Yorkers are like, after all!
    By Dan Amira