Just The Ticket

Yeah, it would have been nice if the Virginia GOP had allowed its rank-and-file to vote in a primary . But getting past that annoyance, they chose their party leadership well:

Va. GOP ticket: McDonnell, Bolling, Cuccinelli
By Jeff E. Schapiro, Richmond Times-Dispatch:

Virginia Republicans completed their 2009 ticket in Richmond this afternoon, teaming gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell with Bill Bolling for lieutenant governor and Ken Cuccinelli for attorney general.

Bolling, the current lieutenant governor and a Hanover County insurance executive, faced nominal opposition from Patrick Muldoon, a lawyer and farmer from Southwest Virginia who said Bolling isn't sufficiently conservative.

Cuccinelli, a state senator from Fairfax County, turned back two others for the third spot on the ticket. In the only real contest of the day, Cuccinelli defeated former federal prosecutor John Brownlee of Roanoke and Arlington County lawyer Dave Foster.

Republicans met at the Richmond Coliseum at a convention that drew more than 7,000 delegates. The GOP fields its ticket about a week ahead of Democrats, who decide nominations for governor and lieutenant governor in a June 9 primary. [link]

It don't get better than this. And there's no Friends of Bill in the bunch either. A real plus.