Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling made a campaign swing through Central Virginia on Tuesday, visiting Republican supporters and workplaces along the U.S. 29 corridor from Madison to Lynchburg.
“The energy in this campaign is on our side in this campaign because the ideas are on our side,” Bolling told campaign workers at the GOP Victory Center in a Wards Road shopping center.
Bolling targeted his criticism of Democrats at the governor’s race between his running mate, Bob McDonnell, and Democrat Creigh Deeds, and never mentioned Jody Wagner, his opponent in the lieutenant governor race.
“I believe campaigns should be positive and uplifting,” instead of focusing on attack ads on TV, Bolling said in an interview after his visit with workers.
Bolling took a few shots at the Democratic ticket as a whole, however.
“Our opponents have no transportation plan, nothing,” Bolling said.
“Our opponents are out there talking about 20-year-old college term papers” instead of ideas that would make Virginia a better place to live, Bolling said, referring to Deeds’ campaign ads about McDonnell’s thesis for graduate degrees.
The thesis outlined a legislative agenda McDonnell pursued in the House of Delegates, some of it focusing on abortion, families and the roles of women.
Bolling also defended the Republican ticket’s proposal to assure that $500 million of state funding goes into public school classrooms instead of administration.
The Virginia Education Association accused the Republican ticket of using misleading federal statistics showing only 61 percent of funds are spent in the classroom. The teachers’ group said state statistics show 64.5 percent of educational funds are spent on teachers’ salaries and in-classroom programs.
Bolling said the statistical comparisons were irrelevant because Republicans are focusing on adding $500 million to the classroom, regardless of how statistics are computed. “The VEA should be supporting us, rather than coming up with these hokey reasons” to criticize the GOP plan, Bolling said.
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