Deeds Coakley was just a terrible candidate and committed political malpractice.
Deeds Coakley was given bad advice.
Deeds Coakley didn’t take the help the President offered until it was too late.
Deeds Coakley didn’t ask for advice from the people who really know Virginia Massachusetts.
McDonnell Brown was simply the better campaigner.
Don’t overinterpret the results.
It’s not a referendum on [...]
1. Mims Joins Suit Threat Against the Cornhusker Kickback
Outgoing Attorney General Bill Mims joined with 12 other GOP AG’s across the nation to threaten a lawsuit if Congress ultimately endorses the Cornhusker Kickback, the deal which got Nebraska a $100 Million Medicaid subsidy in return for Senator Ben Nelson’s “yes” vote on the health care [...]
1. Yes, With an Explanation
That’s how both Jim Webb and Mark Warner voted on the health care bill this week. Virginia’s two senators said they had reservations about the bill, but felt that some of the improvements they suggested had been incorporated. They also argued that the cost of inaction and the status quo was ultimately more [...]
McDonnell Watches Cash During Transition
Virginia Parties Look Ahead to 2010
Retired CEO McWaters Wins GOP Primary for Stolle Seat
Deeds Thanks Dems, Exhorts Party to Keep Fighting
Wilder Examines Deeds’ Failures
Palin Draws Thousands in Fairfax
Is the End to Car Tax Relief on the Table?
As the Economy Sank, Retirement Payouts Soared
Report Says Peninsula High Speed Rail Route Cheaper
Thomas Nelson [...]
1. McDonnell’s Opening Picks
Came out pretty much as expected. That’s very encouraging. With Marla Decker, Eric Finkbeiner, Martin Kent and Tucker Martin, we have individuals highly respected for their competence, character and temperament. Each and every one of these choices is a credit to the Governor-Elect. And keeping Rick Brown on as Secretary Finance through [...]
Governor Kaine’s comments on a radio show last week fueled speculation that he’ll be endorsing a tax increase to deal with the state budget shortfall in the outgoing budget he’ll be presenting to the General Assembly.
Without committing to a particular recommendation, the Governor observed that “he’ll do the right thing” when the tax issue was [...]
Kaine: Not Out of Woods Yet on Economy
Kaine Won’t Rule Out Tax Hikes
43% Turnout in November
Deeds Sits Out Senate Democratic Caucus
Pre-Session Conference of SWVA Legislators
State Board Certifies Villanueva, Recount Likely
GOP PAC asks Marsden to Resign House Seat
Virginia Buys Back 359 Crab Licenses
State’s Rate of Recycling Steady
Richmond Council Approves School Replacement Plan
Loudoun Economic Development Director Steps [...]
This week Governor Tim Kaine offerd his post-mortem on the Deeds campaign.
He basically agreed with critics who argued that Deeds’ fundamental error was distancing himself from Obama and not mobilizing Democrats who had turned out in large numbers to support the President last year.
The Governor maintained that the state’s basic political orientation had changed and implied that [...]
Tea Party Snuffs Out Bonfire
Kaine Says Deeds Tried to Run Without Democratic Base
Kaine Says Storm Victims Not Guaranteed Federal Aid
Webb Co-Sponsors Bill to Boost Nuclear, Alternative Energy
Hamilton Resigns
Bristol Virginia Utilities Approves Incentive PLan for Alpha Natural Resources Relocation
McAuliffe Backs Allen-Goldman School Proposal
A New Huguenot High Among Richmond School Priorities
Fairfax Debates Language Instruction
Fairfax Snares Center for [...]
It’s now five days since Virginia’s election day, surely long enough to gain near infallible insight into the tea leaves harvested by the results!
The problem, of course, is that there are a plethora of “infallible insights” from folks gazing at the tea leaves with glasses tinted with a particular political hue.
Objective observers are hard to [...]