Bolling won by a landslide

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling won the nomination at Saturday's RPV Convention with more than 83% of the vote, according to the stats.

He deserved it. He earned it.

A year ago Bill Bolling took one for the team: he set aside his dreams of running for governor in 2009 and agreed to run for reelection as Lt. Governor and supported then-Attorney General Bob McDonnell in his gubernatorial run.

It was a surprise a few months later to hear that the Lt. Governor was going to be challenged by someone unknown to me at the time, Patrick Muldoon, whose reasons appeared to be that Lt. Gov. Bolling was "not conservative enough."

Hmm.

While I found Mr. Muldoon to be a likeable person, I did not agree with his assessment. Many of his arguments fell flat.

The speeches by Bill Bolling and Patrick Muldoon at the convention were revealing. While Lt. Gov. Bolling spoke of his vision for Virginia, Mr. Muldoon attacked Bill Bolling.

Not a good move. It may have turned off some who were uncertain of their votes. For others, it solidified their resolve to keep Bill Bolling as Lt. Governor.

Virginia Republicans have the opportunity to unify to win in November with our team of Bob McDonnell for Governor, Bill Bolling for Lt. Governor, and Ken Cuccinelli for Attorney General.