Posts Tagged ‘Ken Cuccinelli’
Swing State Virginia Dead Set Against Card Check?
Virginia is nearly the definition of a political “swing state.” If you don’t believe us, just check out the truthiness of Wikipedia. It has two Democratic Senators and, until, November, a Democratic Governor. But it’s a business-friendly state, too, and has been recognized as the best state in the union for business by CNBC.
So what should it tell political watchers that a swing state elected its new governor in large part on his opposition to policy proposals like card check (via the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act)? There’s no doubt that Governor-elect Bob McDonnell made card check a key of his campaign.
And now the state’s recently elected Attorney General hints that he still views opposition to card check as a political winner. The Washington Times reports:
In the Republican state senator’s acceptance speech after winning the election in November, he promised to fight for Virginians
Card Check Going Down-Ballot In Virginia
It’s not just Virginia’s gubernatorial race that is considering key issues related to workplace flexibility — now card check and the state’s right-to-work law are making their presence a key fight in the race for attorney general.
The News-Virginian points out the positions of Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Steve Shannon:
Cuccinelli said Shannon is focusing on one part of the job. Cuccinelli fully expects constitutional challenges if elected, including the threat of federal card-check legislation to Virginia
