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The Old Cuccinelli Haunts the New One

April 12, 2013 · 12:00 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Beth Reinhard:
“It’s not easy to be the new Ken Cuccinelli. The new Cuccinelli, the
Republican frontrunner in the Virginia governor’s race, is more likely
these days to be calling for job growth and education reform than he is
to be railing against abortion and gay marriage. But the old Cuccinelli,
the state attorney general who crusaded for conservative values, keeps
cropping up, offering a steady stream of fodder for opponents determined
to frame him as a right-wing ideologue.”

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