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Virginia's Activist Attorney-General: Man on a Mission
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599203971100;_ylt=Al62ugFcj0FUc7Of7cIuxZa2GL8C;_ylu=X3oDMTJ1cXFkM2xtBGFzc2V0Ay9zL3RpbWUvMDg1OTkyMDM5NzExMDAEY2NvZGUDbXBfZWNfOF8xMARjcG9zAzgEcG9zAzgEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawN2aXJnaW5pYXNhY3Q-
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"A few years ago, people were dismissive of him as an out-there legislator who was close to losing his seat, which he almost did [in 2007]," says Mark Rozell, a public-policy professor at George Mason. "This guy was Tea Party before anybody came up with the idea. He's the real deal. He's not spouting lines to mobilize a constituency to win a caucus or a primary. He's a true believer. He doesn't back down and doesn't compromise. And his enemies consider him all the more dangerous for those reasons."
On Dec. 13, he notched a capstone victory to a frenetic freshman year when a Richmond federal judge ruled that the health-care reform law's individual mandate was unconstitutional, upholding a suit Cuccinelli filed
"Cuccinelli believes government has sprawled beyond its constitutional territory, and his fights to roll it back has made him a standard-bearer for a virulent brand of conservatism that has found favor in recent months. "His timing is very, very good," says Viguerie. "He fits the mood of the country, which made a significant turn to the right on Nov. 2. Ken is ahead of that curve, and he's perfectly positioned to be a major conservative leader." Attendees at a recent Virginia Tea Party convention sported "Cuccinelli for President" stickers, and pundits have floated his name as a potential candidate in the state's 2012 Senate race against first-term incumbent Jim Webb (he says he's not interested) or the 2013 gubernatorial contest (which elicited less definitive denials)."
