>Bought and paid for-Party of No treasurer(s)
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>McDonnell Rebuttal Heavily Underwritten By Wall Street
>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/28/mcdonnell-rebuttal-heavil_n_440566.html
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>This morning, not a whole lot is being said about Virginia Governor
>Robert McDonnell's GOP response to President Obama's State of the Union
>address. Given the great fun everyone had after Louisiana Governor Bobby
>Jindal's February 2009 attempt, that's probably as good a sign as any
>that McDonnell's effort, which he executed with new-look stagecraft and
>a multi-platform promotion, was a success.
>
>Look for this style of SOTU rebuttal to become standard: here's former
>Bob Dole press secretary Douglas MacKinnon making the eminently sensible
>case for this in the pages of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
>
>But, as Lee Fang points out over at ThinkProgress, one lost point is the
>extent to which all that new-look stagecraft was underwritten by Wall
>Street. He points out that the rebuttal pageantry, as well as the
>accompanying online media materials, were funded by McDonnell's
>Opportunity Virginia PAC. Financial disclosures subsequently reveal
>significant financial industry support:
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>See graphic breakdown of PAC $ at the link above