Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The rise of the confounding conservative

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The rise of the confounding conservative

Thanks to the DCist for the tip.

By David Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 1, 2010

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"The thing about Ken Cuccinelli is, there's right and there's wrong, and there's very little of a liberal gray in between," {Savannah attorney Alexia Pittas} says. "If he deems something to be wrong, he will pursue it, no matter the cost."

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Over the years, those costs have been measured in lonely stands, partisan derision, dismayed allies. Cuccinelli was always willing to pay. He lost a lot of battles, but he won all of the elections. Now, at 42, he stands as one of the most high-profile, active attorneys general in the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia. His willingness to charge into the most monumental and defining issues of the day -- including health care, climate change and the nature of government itself -- has made him a conservative superman, a toast of the Tea Party movement. As Cuccinelli edits bombshell briefs in his Richmond office -- where a yellow "Don't Tread on Me" banner stands beside the Virginia and American flags -- or barnstorms the state promoting his causes, he could not appear more boyishly eager to be here, now.

"I believe right now the battle of our time is the battle of liberty against the overreach of the federal government," he says. "I wouldn't pick any other four-year period to be in this office."
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[swimboy]

1. How can we even keep up?

The number of crazy irons in his fire is getting to be staggering.

[Blue_Tires]

2. what a lowlife rat bastard...