Bob McDonnell

...in New York, where Palin could successfully weigh in. But it might not work elsewhere. In Virginia, for example, McDonnell, resisted Palin's help. The evening was not a referendum on Obama. Each race had local issues-taxes in New Jersey...

In this article: Barack Obama, Republican Party, New Jersey, Virginia, Sarah Palin, New York, and George Bush

...to Virginia. But McDonnell turned away help from one conservative figure: Palin. McDonnell repeatedly and personally asked Palin for help this summer. But by late August, he had rejected her offers of assistance, according to Palin...

In this article: Republican Party, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Virginia, Haley Barbour, Tax, and Rudolph W. Giuliani

...fizzled for lack of energy. For her part, Ms. Palin also has apparently been campaigning for Robert McDonnell in Virginia beginning this past weekend, through a series of "robo-calls" to voters. The latest on President Obama,...

In this article: Joseph R. Biden, Sarah Palin, Dede Scozzafava, Republican National Committee, Republican Party, Bill Owens, Washington, and Facebook

...any of Sarah Palin's offers to campaign with him, for one! This will not stop egomaniacal Sarah Palin from secretly campaigning for McDonnell through a third party, however. Just Sarah bein' Sarah! PALIN: McDonnell says what? WHAT? In...

In this article: Sarah Palin, Virginia, Creigh Deeds, Coal, Nascar, and Christian Coalition

Deeds, McDonnell campaign on day before Va. governor's election Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and Republican Robert F. McDonnell campaigned across Virginia on Monday, leading efforts to draw out voters with a blitz of door-knocking, phone-calling...

In this article: Robert F. McDonnell, R. Creigh Deeds, Virginia, Sarah Palin, Attorney General, Barack Obama, John McCain, Conservatism, and Tax

...away after personally appealing to her for help early in the summer. But, whether she is wanted or not, Palin is looking to aide McDonnell: She posted a Facebook message this week asking supporters to back McDonnell, New Jersey Republican...

In this article: Virginia, Barack Obama, Creigh Deeds, Sarah Palin, Robert Gibbs, Chris Christie, and Ken Cuccinelli

...former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, to campaign for him. McDonnell told WUSA-TV in Washington that he had no knowledge of taped phone calls Palin made for Virginia Republicans. Keeping the "polarizing" Palin at arm's length was good...

In this article: Barack Obama, Creigh Deeds, Virginia, GOP, Sarah Palin, George Mason University, and USA Today

...defenders after the November loss. (He told our colleague Chris Cillizza in July that McDonnell was anxious for Palin to campaign for him and advocated that kind of political activity for his friend.) McDonnell's other four co-chairs are...

In this article: Fred Malek, Sarah Palin, Sheila Johnson, Richard Nixon, Tim Kaine, Virginia, and Fruit

...on us. McDonnell charted a model strategy for Republican success in the Obama era by focusing his campaign on pocketbook issues such as jobs and transportation rather than "culture war" crusades over abortion and same-sex marriage. He did so...

In this article: Robert F. McDonnell, Republican Party, Richard M. Nixon, Barack Obama, Virginia, Tax, and No Child Left Behind