Kaine Blames GOP House for Lack of Transportation Investment
In Recesssion, Many Turn Away from Voting
Activists Gird for Fight Over Coal Plant in Surry County
Uneasy Meeting in Grundy Underscores Tensions Between Gas Companies and Mineral Owners
Charlottesville Seeks Eminent Domain for Road Project
Virginia Beach Emergency Vehicles’ GPS Unts Still a Year Away
Fairfax County PLanning Officials Okay Saudi [...]
1. Convincing
It’s the only way to describe Creigh Deeds’ victory in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Down by as much as 20 points in some early polls, Deeds’ surge in the last ten days turned into a full scale political avalanche that simply buried his opponents. It’s as if Democrats across Virginia simultaneously decided that Deeds was the [...]
Kaine Says State is Happy with Northrop Grumman
Democrats Rally Until the Rain Comes
McDonnell Walks Door to Door
Virginia Congressmen Work to Block Carrier Move
GOP Hopefuls Weigh Challenge to Perriello
Denied Benefits, Widow Tries to Change Virginia Workers’ Comp Law
Locavore Movement Aimed at Utilizing Locally Grown Products
Suffolk Seeks Federal Money for BrushFire Truck
Spotsylvania Supervisor Logan in Favor of [...]
Cantor Stands By Remarks on Obama, Putin
Deeds and Dems on Tour
NOVA, ROVA and the Campaign
Casteen Will Step Down in 2010 as UVA President
Radford U’s Kyle’s Bonus a Source of Contention
Virginia Tech Student Newspaper Sues West Virginia State Police
Taylor Out, Schexnider Still In at TNCC
Spotsylvania Schools Consider Revising Code of Conduct
Roanoke School Improperly Altered Testing
Spotsylvania VRE [...]
Should we first be sure charter schools are better for children?
The Rand Corporation just completed one of the more comprehensive studies of charter schools. They analyzed hundreds of charter schools in eight states. What did Rand learn? Brian Gill, the primary author of the study said, “In some sense, it suggests we know less than [...]
Cantor: Obama Looking Like Putin
Virginia Leaders Seek to Block Move of Aircraft Carrier to Florida
Deeds Leads McDonnell with Post-Primary Bounce
Why Deeds Won Big in Virginia
Deeds Headquarters Moving to NOVA
American Federation of Government Employees Endorses Deeds
Wagner Challenges Bolling to Debates
Cuccinelli Sticks to His Guns
Fairfax Republicans Express Optimism
Beyer Named Ambassador to Switzerland
Virginia Technology Chief Lem Stewart is [...]
Bob, with all due respect:
McDonnell would get more traction proposing that watching paint dry be made an Olympic sport than he will flogging charter schools as a campaign issue. There is simply no demand, none to amount to anything, for them. He mentions four schools. What he doesn’t mention is that they collectively enroll a [...]
One challenge in any campaign is to decide how to deal with issues that the other party traditionally “owns.”
All political consultants know that the public generally expects the Democrats to be stronger on environmental matters than the Republicans.
But they’re also aware that citizens usually believe that the GOP will be better on public safety and [...]
I’m writing a book on how Virginia is becoming the nation’s bellwether state. As NBC Political Director Chuck Todd frequently mentions and has written extensively about, all of the cross-tabs in the 2008 post-election polling shows that the nation and Virginia were in lock-step on most of the major issues. On the most important issue, [...]
Deeds and McDonnell Get Off to Fast Start
Governor’s Race a Rematch with Higher Stakes
Democratic Candidates Show Solidarity with Deeds
How Deeds Defied Expectations
Lack of Virginia Roots Doomed McAuliffe’s Bid
Chris Matthews Thanks McAuliffe for Test Case
How Moran Lost His Edge
Four Primary Lessons
Deeds Talks to Obama
Obama, Biden and McDonnell
Winners and Losers
Deeds Home Precincts Margims Not Seen Since USSR
House [...]