Virginia’s surplus announcement has lit a match under the longtime rivalry between the commonwealth’s Republican Party and Maryland Democrats.

“[Virginia Gov.] Bob McDonnell and Virginia Republicans tout their accomplishments but — as often with the GOP — the facts tell another story,” Maryland Democratic Party Director David Sloan said Wednesday. “McDonnell’s illusionary ‘surplus’ is the result of deferred bills, dismantled programs important to the middle class, budgetary obfuscation and federal stimulus spending.”

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