Why John Edwards won and Bob McDonnell lost

“What shall it profit a man,” the Bible says (Mark 8:36), “if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” In the end, former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a 1989 graduate of Pat Robertson's CBN (now Regent) University School of Law, never got

RICHMOND — A federal jury on Thursday found former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, guilty of public corruption — sending an emphatic message that they believed the couple sold the office once occupied by Patrick Henry 

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife have been found guilty of multiple counts in their corruption trial. "My trust remains in the Lord," said Bob McDonnell in a brief statement as he left

Bob McDonnell's (R) career as a professional defendant has finished its first big story arc, with he and wife Maureen being convicted of 20 counts of corruption between them. The convictions were, perhaps, the result that close observers could have

In March 2012, I ranked the 10 most likely Republican vice presidential picks for GOP nominee Mitt Romney. Bob McDonnell ranked second on that list. Today — roughly two and a half years later — the former Virginia governor was found guilty on 11