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GOP Alphabet Soup Challenge

Can you say acronym overkill?

The Republican Party of Virginia can.

The GOP launched the AG-LG-RPV challenge today. Don’t know what that stands for? Well, duh, the letters stand for Attorney General-Lieutenant Governor-Republican Party of Virginia.

Attorney General Bob McDonnell, Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, and Virginia Republican Party Chairman John Hager are leading the effort to build up the party’s grassroots organization. The challenge calls for doubling the size of every local Republican committee before Labor Day. And there is a cash reward.

The party said in a statement that committees that meet the challenge will get more funding for this fall’s get-out-the-vote efforts.

“The goal of the AG-LG-RPV challenge is to help our local Republican committees recruit a new generation of volunteers,” said Bolling, who is seeking the governor’s mansion in 2009. “If we do this effectively, it will improve our chances of victory in 2008 and 2009.”

To win the cash prize, committees will also be tested on the letters in the acronym. Kidding, of course.

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