Cuccinelli looks back on tenure’s dramas, accomplishments

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Happy New Year. Let the whining begin. Or continue. Hat tip, the Loudoun Times-Mirror.

Cuccinelli, Bolling taking break from politics
http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/cuccinelli_bolling_taking_break_from_politics543

Cuccinelli looks back on tenure’s dramas, accomplishments
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/cuccinelli-looks-back-on-tenure-s-dramas-accomplishments/article_3dea8fab-120f-575b-afde-cb3f6fd59781.html

Posted: Sunday, December 29, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 12:39 am, Tue Dec 31, 2013.

BY JIM NOLAN Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Cuccinelli was somewhat reluctant to revisit the recently ended gubernatorial election, but maintained that money, not ideas, was the difference maker in his defeat.

“I wasn’t beaten with an agenda,” he said. “I was outspent by around $15 million, and an awful lot that was untruthful that was utilized to beat me, with the help of the media — either in the form of passive or active” involvement, he added.

“We rolled out specific policy proposals from May right through to the end, and I don’t know that there was an enormous amount of traction for that.”

The ongoing gift scandal that erupted around McDonnell in the spring also placed a drag on Cuccinelli’s campaign. ... “Everybody turned into a tabloid,” he said, referring to media coverage of the investigation. “It drove election issues off of front pages and therefore out of the visibility of voters, and so as we were trying to have substantive conversations it made it a lot harder to do so.”

and

Bolling stepping away from politics for now
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/crime/bolling-stepping-away-from-politics-for-now/article_ad08d61b-9637-50ba-9ef7-744eece6ecdc.html

It's listed under "Crime News." Get a screen shot.

[gwheezie]

1. Here's something else he can ponder

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/taxpayers-tab-for-mcdonnell-legal-bills-tops/article_8ce4065c-3a28-55bb-869c-b32f93576eee.html

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Well, on the bright side, there is the Cheetah Cam.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/cheetah-cam/

Edited, at 9:21: it's feeding time.