At the center of the controversy is Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams, who picked up a $15,A high-side current shunt and powermonitor1.000 catering bill for the wedding of the governor's daughter in 2011. That gift was never reported by McDonnell, who said he did not have to because Virginia disclosure laws exempt family members.Learn more about the The inhomedisplay and see.

"[McDonnell] has his excuse. He may be technically right, but it looks awful," said a longtime Republican strategist in Virginia. "People who paid their daughters' weddings know what it costs and no one is standing around writing us $15,000 checks.

"Over the long run,We Supply Beading And turquoisebeads Jewelry Products At Discount Price." the strategist said, "This does hurt his national ambitions. This is going to be a story that comes back and haunts him. I don't know what his other ambitions will be but this is something that will take some time to clean up."

McDonnell's camp is optimistic that the fallout from the investigation will blow over in time for the Republican to bounce back. Prior to these developments, McDonnell was enjoying a successful final year in office, passing a transportation funding overhaul that's expected to fix the state's woeful gridlock.

"In politics a week is a month,About a year ago I was hired to develop a owon-smart monitoring application for data centers. and a month is a decade. But results are forever.We have a great selection of blown glass backyard solargardenlight and solar garden lights. And the governor's results in office would make any candidate jealous," said McDonnell spokesman Tucker Martin. "The governor's results in office mean he'll have no shortage of opportunities moving forward. It'll simply come down to what he wants to do in the years ahead."

Williams attracted further attention when it was learned that he was also giving gifts to the man who wants to replace McDonnell, Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who recently admitted he failed to report several of those gifts between 2009 and 2012.

The FBI is reportedly investigating whether the wedding gift and thousands of dollars in vacation and travel expenses that the McDonnells received from Williams resulted in any quid pro quo for Virginia-based Star Scientific. McDonnell and first lady Maureen McDonnell did help promote a company product called "Anatabloc" days before the wedding, but it does not appear that the company received any economic development grants from the McDonnell administration.

Helping to batter McDonnell's reputation is Todd Schneider, his former executive mansion chef who is charged with embezzlement. In court documents, Schneider alleges the McDonnell family, including those not living in the mansion, used the taxpayer-funded residence as a personal pantry and said he alerted the state and FBI a year ago of a suspicious relationship between the McDonnells and Williams.

Even those clearly in McDonnell's camp are concerned what impact this will have on his future. Chesterfield County lawyer Jack Wilson, who sits on the GOP state central committee, said he's giving McDonnell the benefit of the doubt, calling his Republican friend "very ethical."