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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell Named RGA Chairman

The Republican Governors Association announced today that Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell will serve as RGA Chairman following Texas Governor Rick Perry’s decision to enter the race for president. McDonnell had been serving as Vice Chairman of the RGA.

“It is a tremendous honor to lead the RGA,” McDonnell said. “Thanks to the strong leadership of Governor Perry and the nation’s twenty-nine Republican governors, the RGA is in position to have an unprecedented impact this election cycle.”

“I look forward to working with my fellow Republican governors to expand our majority and ensure the RGA remains the most effective political committee in the nation,” McDonnell added. “Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track.”

Perry spoke not only of the need for new leadership to create jobs, but the need to get serious about federal spending, saying, “Mr. President, you can't win the future by selling it off to foreign creditors.”

Last week, that failed leadership, and Barack Obama’s tax, spend and borrow agenda, led to the first ever downgrade in the credit rating of the United States.

“In reality, this is just the most recent downgrade,” Perry said. “The fact is for nearly three years, President Obama has been downgrading American jobs, downgrading our standing in the world, downgrading our financial stability, downgrading confidence, and downgrading the hope of a better future for our children.”

As president, Perry has pledged to get the federal government’s fiscal house in order, restore the country’s good credit, and repeal Obama’s misguided one-size-fits-all government-run health care plan. He also committed to holding government accountable to the taxpayers, and adhering to the fiscally responsible principles that will lead to job creation, and in turn, wealth, while educating and innovating in science, technology, engineering and math to create the jobs and progress needed to get America working again.

“I will work every day to make Washington, D.C. as inconsequential in your lives as I can, and free our families, small businesses and states from a burdensome and costly federal government so they can create, innovate and succeed,” he continued. “With the help and courage of the American people, we will get our country working again.”