By Dave Andrusko

Part Two tells the inspirational story of Prof. Mary Ann Glendon, recipient of this year's "Proudly Pro-Life Award." Please send any comments on to daveandrusko@gmail.com.  If you'd like, follow me at www.twitter.com/daveha.

By the time most of you read this edition of TN&V, my wife and I will be on a train headed for New York City and the annual "Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner." The NRL Educational Trust Fund is honoring Professor Mary Ann Glendon, and we are very excited to be able to hear her remarks as she accepts the award. (For the background, see Part Two.)

Bob McDonnell

Just a couple of words today in Part One. We've written several times about the Washington Post's crusade to elect pro-abortion Democrat Creigh Deeds governor over pro-life Republican Bob McDonnell. The Post never misses a chance to hammer away at McDonnell, who, in fact, is a superb candidate and fits the profile of the kind of man who will be a successful governor of the Commonwealth.

McDonnell's lead over Deeds has ebbed and flowed. The last week it has flowed. What we must remember, however, is that a few years back McDonnell defeated Deeds by a few hundred votes when they competed for state Attorney General. It could be that close again come November.

Deeds latest ad is as amusing as it is misguided. It shows footage of McDonnell speaking to the annual NRLC convention last year. He said,

"These elections matter because elections determine who's got the power, and who's going to make the decisions. Whether or not they are pro-life or not will make an eternal difference in the statutes and in the legislatures all over this country ...Those policy makers with the votes determine whether or not you're going to have a pro-life state where protections are given to the unborn consistent with federal court decisions, or whether you are going to have a different kind of policy."

R. Creigh Deeds

This, Deeds obviously believes, will hurt McDonnell. Really? In the video taken at our convention, McDonnell comes across as calm, relaxed, reflective. He says nothing more than what an educated voter should know.

If you want a state where the chief executive will work to make sure whatever protections the courts allow will be extended to the unborn, you want McDonnell. If you want abortion on demand, you want Deeds.

I'll take that match up every day of the week, and twice on Sunday.

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Part Two