(FNS).Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell seems to have found a winning formula for unifying his party and delivering a clear message. During the campaign McDonnell focused on jobs, the economy, transportation and education while staying positive.
"We kept it overwhelmingly positive, giving people an uplifting alternative for the future," McDonnell told Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday.
"We, I think, tapped into some of the sentiment at the national level on the issues of card check, cap and trade, and some under-funded mandates and things like that that were not resonating well with Virginia businesses and families. And together with a lot of hard work, I think it was a winning strategy," he explained.
After beating Democrat Creigh Deeds in a landslide, 59% to 41%, his advice to Republicans in 2010: "Stick to your conservative principles but focus on the quality-of-life issues that the citizens are most concerned about, and focus on getting results."
McDonnell will likely face competing pressures from his party's social conservative base and moderates, but promised to govern the same way he campaigned. A top priority, he said, is to create jobs and restore economic prosperity to a recession-ravaged state.
"I ran very specifically on the fact that I'm going to make government work better. We're going to find ways to cut spending out of state agencies and retool government to find ways to keep taxes low, whether it's -- and when the economy returns, find ways to reduce the tax burden on working families, use tax cuts as a way to promote economic development."
"We kept it overwhelmingly positive, giving people an uplifting alternative for the future," McDonnell told Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday.
"We, I think, tapped into some of the sentiment at the national level on the issues of card check, cap and trade, and some under-funded mandates and things like that that were not resonating well with Virginia businesses and families. And together with a lot of hard work, I think it was a winning strategy," he explained.
After beating Democrat Creigh Deeds in a landslide, 59% to 41%, his advice to Republicans in 2010: "Stick to your conservative principles but focus on the quality-of-life issues that the citizens are most concerned about, and focus on getting results."
McDonnell will likely face competing pressures from his party's social conservative base and moderates, but promised to govern the same way he campaigned. A top priority, he said, is to create jobs and restore economic prosperity to a recession-ravaged state.
"I ran very specifically on the fact that I'm going to make government work better. We're going to find ways to cut spending out of state agencies and retool government to find ways to keep taxes low, whether it's -- and when the economy returns, find ways to reduce the tax burden on working families, use tax cuts as a way to promote economic development."
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