Never to lose an opportunity to spin negative about Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli, the Washington Post has reported that Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling leads Cuccinelli in fundraising for the 2013 GOP gubernatorial nomination battle. True enough. Bolling is ahead … for now.
Here’s what the WaPo neglects to tell you:
The nomination will now be decided by a convention; not a primary. Cuccinelli’s strong appeal among conservative GOP activists heavily favors a victory for the incumbent Attorney General. - Bolling’s current fundraising advantage will melt away as contributors realize that Bolling’s chances of victory has gone the way of buggy whips and the Edsel.
- Even if Bolling maintains a money advantage, short of promising to pay for registration fees and hotel rooms, it’s difficult to buy the kind of support needed to win a convention (unless your opponent is flat broke). Primaries can be bought with expensive, usually negative, media campaigns. Grassroots activism is tougher to come by.
- The list goes on …
Granted, nothing is a sure thing. That said, Cuccinelli is the voice of the conservative, activist wing of Virginia’s GOP. The liberal media tried to dismiss Cuccinelli in 2009 and hope to do so again in 2013.
BALTIMORE, MD – 
WASHINGTON – The Obama campaign is returning approximately $200,000 in campaign contributions tied to a Mexican fugitive. The funds were raised by the brothers of fugitive Juan Jose Rojas Cardona. Cardona was arrested in 1994 on drug and fraud charges. He subsequently jumped bail.
WASHINGTON – Ever since the Supreme Court delivered its “Citizen United” decision President Barack Obama has derided “Super PAC’s” and the use of corporate money in political campaigns. He even went so far as to 
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Some members of the Maryland General Assembly are outraged by Gov. Martin O’Malley’s attempt to raise money for a gay marriage lobby from the very legislators charged with weighing the bills merits. 
published a copy of O’Malley’s fundraising appeal for the group 
