By The Huffington Post News Editors
LEESBURG, Va. -– Hours after Republican Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced that he will not run for governor as an independent, the Democratic candidate who may have benefitted from a Bolling candidacy began to sharpen attacks on his Republican opponent.
Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic National Committee chairman and longtime fundraiser for Bill and Hillary Clinton, toured a handful of businesses in the downtown of this Washington suburb on Tuesday, asking questions about the impact of federal budget sequestration on the town’s economy.
In an interview, McAuliffe laid out the case he will make against Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli now that the still embryonic governor’s race has entered a new phase with Bolling’s exit. McAuliffe, 56, is in his second run at the Virginia governor’s mansion, having lost the 2009 primary to Creigh Deeds, and he is selling himself as a pro-business Democrat.
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