Commentary Over the Years
Newspapers & Critics … Bob Marshall is:
Effective … Principled … Outspoken … Citizen Legislator … Creative … Cost Cutter … Passionate … Witty … Pro-Life … Maverick
“Del. Robert G. Marshall … led the successful fight to stop the construction of an underground walkway connecting the Capitol to the General Assembly building, where delegates and senators have their offices and committee rooms.”
- Washington Post 1-17-05
“Bob Marshall used humor to good effect … and had the crowd laughing with him.”
- Charlottesville Daily Progress, 4-19-08
“Delegate Bob Marshall … one of the last great crusaders in the General Assembly, follows his conscience, no matter how unpopular or inconvenient the results … he won a total victory in the Virginia State Supreme Court last week.”
- Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 3-4-08
“… a renegade inside the Republican Party … intelligent and thought provoking.”
- Mark Plotkin, WTOP Radio, Washington DC, 1-6-08
“… is a man of considerable intellectual ability and deeply help political principles. He is far more the idealistic citizen-legislator, than the cynical professional politician.”
- Paul Goldman, advisor, Governors Doug Wilder, and Mark Warner
“long been an opponent of higher taxes … known … for his nearly encyclopedic knowledge of the House procedural rules…”
- Fredericksburg Free Lance Star, 1-8-08
“Bob Marshall … the lone voice of reason among House Republicans. … was the only member of his delegation to vote in favor of recording subcommittee votes last week.”
- Bristol Herald Courier 1-13-08
“The General Assembly’s most outspoken and persistent abortion foe.”
- Virginia Associated Press, 1-7-08
“Marshall’s legislative creativity knows no rival in Richmond. A bill-drafting giant, he is smart, principled and owns a sizeable sense of humor.”
- Charlottesville Daily Progress, 1-18-04
