Robert McDonnell GOP Rebuttal To SOTU Heavily Underwritten By Wall Street

[Amerigo Vespucci]

McDonnell Rebuttal Heavily Underwritten By Wall Street

First Posted: 01-28-10 01:28 PM | Updated: 01-28-10 02:00 PM



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/28/mcdonnell-rebuttal-heavil_n_440566.html

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: