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Boiling's disagreements with Cuccinelli are rooted more in style than substance. Boiling promotes consensus. Cuccinelli prefers confrontation. Boiling is the welcoming maitre d'; Cuccinelli, the menacing bouncer. Boiling, from Hanover County, and Cuccinelli, from Fairfax County, amassed as state senators similarly conservative records.

Both were hostile to taxes and spending; tough on abortion; aggressive on gun rights. Because neither party has a majority, Republicans and Democrats in reaching statewide, beyond the made-to-order electorate of a gerrymandered legislative district must emphasize issues that resonate with unaligned voters; typically, schools, roads, health care and the environment. The latter two were favorites of Boiling; first as a county supervisor; then as a senator. And they were issues that helped lift him to lieutenant governor and were supposed to elevate him to governor an office now likely beyond his reach, but one that he could deny Cuccinelli. Contact Jeff E.

Schapiro at (804) 649-68K. His column appears Wednesday and Sunday. Watch his video column Thursday on TlmesDIspatchxxxn. Follow him on Twttter, RTDSchaplro. Listen to Ms analysis 833 am Friday on WCVE (88.9 FM).

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Boiling was running for a second term as lieutenant governor, having cut a deal with McDonnell: Boiling would yield the 2009 gubernatorial nomination to McDonnell in return for McDonnell endorsing Boiling for the 2013 nomination. But there was a big problem for Boiling: Cuccinelli wasn't in on the arrangement. His methodical march to the nomination was a defeat not only for Boiling but also for McDonnell, a sign of his fading sway over the GOP he led out of the wilderness. In deeds not words, Boiling has said McDonnell is old news. Boiling has very publicly broken with McDonnell, opposing his proposed tolls on Interstate 95 and his post-Newtown suggestion that teachers carry guns.

To comply with federal health care reform, Boiling is endorsing a solution McDonnell resisted: expanding Medicaid. And while McDonnell ducks taking a stand on uranium mining, Boiling favors a continued ban. On transportation, Boiling, once a reliable anti-taxer, now says there's a case for new taxes. "There's a certain liberating feeling to be able to say what you think without regard for the political implications, Boiling said. "It's helped me find my voice." Boiling and Cuccinelli conferred in the lieutenant governor's suite in the Oliver W.

Hill Building, a restored, 19th-century Neoclassical edifice that housed the first state library. The meeting occurred one day before McAuliffe turned the screw a second time, promoting Boiling for an unspecified post in a McAuliffe administration. Perhaps a reprise of his role in McDonnell's: jobs czar? Boiling said he didn't mince words with Cuccinelli; that he spoke plainly about policy and personality, telling him things that are "never easy to say but (are) sometimes necessary to say." And the just-published Cuccinelli book, "The Last Line of Defense: The New Fight for American Liberty, will say all the wrong things to voters, Boiling said. The unapologetic attack on President Barack Oba-ma, who twice carried Virginia, recounts Cuccinelli's battles over health care and climate change; his quarrel with regulators and reporters. These are iiLLIINIi CONGRATULATIONS (RUB) IB) IUIMlfpl 2013 OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARD jit, A Eve Torrence was selected as one of 12 recipients of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) and Dominion Resources Outstanding Faculty Award, the Commonwealth's highest honor for faculty at Virginia's public and private colleges and universities.

Ideally located Just minutes north of Richmond off of I-95, Randolph-Macon Collage prepares students for extraordinary success through a wide array of hands-on learning opportunities. Study abroad and explore the world, experience a dynamic internship or conduct challenging undergraduate research with exceptional faculty The EDGE, a four-year program, is aimed at helping graduates lead the pack when competing for jobs and applying to graduate school. Eastern Shore arson cases rise The Associated Press olney Another arson on the Eastern Shore is under investigation. Virginia State Police said the latest fire damaged an airplane hangar in Olney on Friday night. No one was inside at the time.

More than 40 arsons have been reported in Accomack County since Nov. 13. No one has been injured and all the structures have been abandoned. I 1.