| − | McDonnell was selected to give the Republican response to [[President Barack Obama]]'s 2010 state of the Union address. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/21/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6125701.shtml</ref> | + | McDonnell was selected to give the Republican response to [[President Barack Obama]]'s 2010 state of the Union address. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/21/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6125701.shtml</ref> McDonnell ran for governor as a conservative, but in 2013, he betrayed conservatives by signing into law the largest tax increase in Virginia history.<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/26/va-gov-mcdonnell-faces-conservative-ire-tax-hike/</ref> |