Despite brief prep time, McDonnell is off to fast start.

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: March 21, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Michelle Washington

Mar. 21--In his first two months on the job, new Attorney General Bob McDonnell has managed to hustle a raft of bills through the legislature, anger gays and conservationists with legal opinions, and still find time to play basketball. All that after a preparation period truncated by a recount that kept him on tenterhooks for more than a month.

It hasn't made a difference in how he handles his office, said McDonnell, who won his post on Dec. 21, after the recount showed he had 360 more votes than Democrat R. Creigh Deeds. "Nobody says, ...

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