http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/07/23/bob-mcdonnell-tries-to-save-whats-left-of-his-career/
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Here’s the deal: McDonnell’s future as a national political candidate — president, vice president, Cabinet member in a GOP Administration — has been over ever since WaPo’s Roz Helderman began digging into his relationship with GOP donor Jonnie Williams. But, as the loans and gifts continued to pile up, questions began to be raised as to whether McDonnell could even survive until the end of his first — and only — term. (Virginia is the only state in the country that has a one-term limit on its governor.)
McDonnell’s statement today is an attempt to keep the resignation calls at bay. In essence, he’s saying he knows he screwed up big time, he knows how much it cost him but he also think he should be allowed to use the final four months (or so) of his term to prove to Virginians why they elected him in the first place.
It’s a political public prostrating aimed at taking some of the heat off of him and his fellow Republicans who are now being asked regularly whether he should resign.
That’s critical for one politician in particular: state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Cuccinelli, the GOP’s nominee for governor this fall, came under attack from Democrat Terry McAuliffe during the first debate of the race last Saturday over the entire McDonnell mess.
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