A great article that lays out perfectly the successes of the RSLC in its mission of recruiting and electing America’s Future Leaders.  From National Journal Online:

The Republican State Leadership Committee, an Alexandria, Va.-based group that has raised $20 million in each of the last two election cycles to support state-level candidates, is aiming to even the score this year and especially in 2010, the next time a large slate of attorney general, secretary of state, lieutenant governor, and governor races will be on the ballot. “We really believe we’re building the farm team for the future,” said Carrie Cantrell, the committee’s policy-and-communications director.

Many candidates are serving as delegates to the convention. They’re also using the event to build name recognition by talking to their own local radio, television, and print publications as McCain campaign surrogates. “Everyone’s looking for a local angle,” Cantrell said.

One rising star at the convention is Bob McDonnell, the GOP’s best hope for replacing Tim Kaine, the one-term-limited Democratic governor of Virginia. While the Democrats have yet to coalesce around a candidate, Republicans have united behind McDonnell, the Old Dominion’s attorney general, who was hustling between television interviews in the convention hall in St. Paul on Monday.

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