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EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Fraternal Order of Police to Endorse McDonnell, Bolling, Cuccinelli on Thu.

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Riley

A media advisory has gone out saying that a “major Virginia organization” is going to be endorsing Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling and Ken Cuccinelli tomorrow.

WHEN: Thursday, September 24th at 9AM
WHERE: House Briefing Room in the General Assembly Building in Richmond

Virtucon has heard via a leak (note: not from any of these campaigns) that this will be the Fraternal Order of Police, but has yet to confirm it formally.  Coming on the heels of today’s Fairfax Chamber of Commerce endorsement of McDonnell, I’d hazard to say that the old winning coalition assembled by Govs. George Allen and Jim Gilmore is coming back together for the GOP.  As I said yesterday, Republicans win when they stand for something, not simply against someone.

UPDATE: VV’s Lighthorse has independently confirmed that it will be the FOP.

UPDATE 2: While the Dems will no doubt try to portray the FOP as a Republican organization, they seemed to be pretty proud of the FOP’s endorsement of Marky Mark for Senate last year.

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Filed under: 2009 Elections, Bill Bolling, Bob McDonnell, Endorsements, George Allen, Jim Gilmore, Ken Cuccinelli

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5 Responses

  1. Will Doug Wilder break my heart – again? « The right-wing liberal, on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:37 pm Said:

    [...] Yes, I know, Wilder has never endorsed a Republican for statewide office, and given that, a Deeds nod would not have as much punch as Wilder would like, especially as the entire Republican ticket is about to get the blessing of the Fraternal Order of Police (Riley at VV). [...]

  2. Will Doug Wilder break my heart – again? « Virginia Virtucon, on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:38 pm Said:

    [...] Yes, I know, Wilder has never endorsed a Republican for statewide office, and given that, a Deeds nod would not have as much punch as Wilder would like, especially as the entire Republican ticket is about to get the blessing of the Fraternal Order of Police (Riley at VV). [...]

  3. rightwingliberal, on September 23rd, 2009 at 11:07 pm Said:

    Actually, the FOP endorsed Beyer in 1997; it was Beyer’s only good week in the entire campaign.

  4. Crystal Clear Conservative » Blog Archive » Big Endorsement Today for the Republican Ticket, on September 24th, 2009 at 7:00 am Said:

    [...] Virginia Virtucon reports that there will be a big endorsement for Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling, and Ken Cuccinelli today in Richmond from the Fraternal Order of Police. This is great news for the Republican ticket. [...]

  5. Doug Wilder To Creigh Deeds: Get Bent « The TOXIC Mud Pit, on September 24th, 2009 at 4:24 pm Said:

    [...] was busy getting the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police, apparently, so he had no comment. Nor did his wife, who when last [...]

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