Republican candidate for Virginia governor, Bob McDonnell, made headlines this week for a thesis he wrote while earning his masters degree at Regent University 20 years ago.
The paper entitled "The Republican Party's Vision for the Family: The Compelling Issue of the Decade" can be read in its entirety here. McDonnell came under fire for his views on everything from abortion to women in the work place for passages like, "Further expenditures would be used to subsidize a dynamic new trend of working women and feminists that is ultimately detrimental to the family by entrenching status-quo of nonparental primary nurture of children."
McDonnell told the Washington Post, "Like everybody, my views on many issues have changed as I have gotten older."
Some Republicans immediately fired back saying McDonnell shouldn't back too far away from his conservative values.
Beltway Buzz recently asked McDonnell about his paper. He says he sticks by his support of traditional family values and reaffirmed his support for working women.
"My daughter has been in Iraq, was in Iraq when I was elected Attorney General," he said. "My two other daughters have masters degrees, my wife has worked most of our marriage. I strongly support women's tremendous contributions to our economy. "
He also believes his views on family are in line with those of most Virginians. Take a listen.