Richmond Times-Dispatch
January 27, 2010

Hurt, running in a crowded field for the GOP nomination, likened McDonnell's policies to those of the late President Ronald Reagan, a proponent of low taxes and reduced regulation...

That prompted Sen. A. Donald McEachin, D-Henrico, to scold McDonnell for failing to meet what McEachin described as the "standards of leadership."

McEachin complained that McDonnell is keeping most legislators in the dark on ways to erase a $4.2 billion shortfall, choosing to speak only with members of the General Assembly money committees.

”I$rsquo;d like to see those cuts before I praise that (jobs-creation) plan,“ said McEachin.

McEachin went on to say McDonnell has somehow managed to master national issues in time for his response tonight to President Barack Obama's state of the union address, but claims he's still trying to get his arms around the Virginia budget.

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