Here are a few of the excerpts from the interview.

Crystal Clear Conservative: As State Senator, I know you were quite active with property rights legislation. Could you perhaps discuss what you will do as Attorney General to protect the property rights of Virginians and what you might do if there is a challenge to the Supreme Court decision of Kelo v. New London? Also, do you think that your opponent, Steve Shannon, has any solid issue stance on this important issue?

Ken Cuccinelli: If there is a challenge to Kelo, I will make sure to continue fighting for property rights.  As Attorney General, I will fight to get property rights protected in the Virginia Constitution.  My opponent has been against this all along.  Another thing is that Creigh Deeds was the tie breaking vote to kill property rights in the Constitution.  The vote was 8-7.

Property rights is a great dividing line between those who care more about special interests and those who care about property rights.  My opponent cares more about special interests, and I still have more work to do to protect property rights.

CCC: With the Defense of Marriage Act being challenged at the Federal level, how will this impact Virginia and the marriage amendment that was passed by the voters in 2006?

KC: The office of Attorney General is the only office that matters in this debate.  My opponent is against the marriage amendment.  I am certain that this will come up within the next four years, and it will be fought by the AGs.  I have been a strong advocate for protecting the marriage amendment.

There is no doubt that Cuccinelli is the best candidate for the Attorney General’s job, as he has worked tirelessly as a State Senator upholding the Constitution of Virginia, while advocating on behalf of traditional family values.

Virginia State Director of the NFIB, Julia Hammond said, “Ken Cuccinelli clearly understands the challenges facing Virginia’s small business, the Commonwealth’s largest employer. We have absolutely no doubt that Ken will protect the people of Virginia while also protecting the right of entrepreneurs and small, family businesses to own, operate and grow their businesses.” She continued, “Sen. Cuccinelli has distinguished himself as a true friend of small business. He was a leader on the eminent domain issue – a core concern to so many small businesses and family farms. His near perfect track record on our issues earned him the prestigious Guardian of Small Business Award in 2007. We need an attorney general who understands the challenges small business owners, their employees and their families face when it comes to issues such as legal reform, property rights and taxes,” Hammond concluded, “We are proud to endorse Ken Cuccinelli for attorney general. We will do everything within our power to help Ken Cuccinelli become Virginia’s next attorney general.”

Cuccinelli has fought to pass legislation, in the State Senate, that would protect property rights, lower taxes, and provide more incentives to keep and bring businesses to the Commonwealth. Cuccinelli said, of the endorsement, “As a small business owner myself, I am proud to accept the endorsement of the NFIB.” He continued, “I understand that small businesses are crucial to growing our economy. Small businesses are the engines that produce – on average – about two-thirds of net new jobs. For that reason, as Attorney General of Virginia, I will work to prevent the over-regulation of small businesses, which would prevent any economic recovery in Virginia.”

ACORN has been in some trouble lately with promoting criminal behaviors, like tax evasion, abetting prostitution, and sex trafficking for minors. Both the House and Senate have voted to cut off funding for ACORN. Additionally, SEIU gave ACORN more than $4 million since 2006-2007, and SEIU locals 100 and 880 are allied organizations to ACORN. Better yet, ACORN Founder S. Wade Rathke referred to SEIU 880 as “one of the pillars of the ACORN Family.” Rathke was also handpicked by Stern to direct SEIU’s nationwide organizing projects.
With all of this corruption from both SEIU and ACORN, Creigh Deeds, Jody Wagner, and Steve Shannon should do what’s right and return the contributions. Pat Mullins, chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, called on the democratic candidates to give back the money. Mullins said:

“It’s pretty clear how intermingled ACORN is with SEIU,” said Chairman Mullins. “They have become a focus of attention in Congress for these recent disgusting scandals involving everything from under-aged prostitution to tax fraud. Throw in what we already know about their bogus voter registration efforts and the information is pretty condemning. That Democrats would gleefully take money from a closely tied organization tells you what you want to know – they’ll check principles at the door, so long as the check clears. Deeds, Wagner, Shannon and the rest of the Democrats should give it all back.”

Attorney General candidate Ken Cuccinelli made a statement asking Shannon to return the funds:

“Steve Shannon has received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the SEIU – whose link and close working relationship with the renegade organization ACORN is well documented” said Senator Ken Cuccinelli. “SEIU’s long standing financial support and its affiliation as an allied organization of ACORN across the country requires a repudiation of the relationship” added Cuccinelli.

“I applaud the United States Congress for moving to de-fund ACORN of any tax payer dollars, a move that should have occurred years ago. ACORN’s well documented illegal activities, including voter fraud, should give all Americans pause. Voters have a right to know that ACORN affiliated and allied organizations are funding Democrat campaigns this year in Virginia, and what do they expect in return?” concluded Cuccinelli.”

VASocialConservative has a great post featuring a web video released by Cuccinelli.