Senate Subcommittee Kills Repeal of One Gun a Month
Virginia Doesn’t Make Sweet Sixteen in Race to the Top Funding
Virginia Shut Out, NC A Finalist
Senate Committee Approves McDonnell’s Charter Proposals
Wilder Talks Guns, Obama and Charters
McAuliffe Works to Burnish Local Party Credentials
Car Title Lending Bill Heading to House Floor
Lawmakers Could Impose Strict Fee Caps on Court Appointed [...]
1. From Perhaps to “Most Likely I’m In”
House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith essentially announced he’ll be running against Rick Boucher for the 9th district congressional seat. Although Griffith does not yet live in the district, he should be a formidable candidate. He’s a bright guyand his views, overall, will be very compatible with the voters. Moreover, Griffith [...]
Obama Scolds Cantor
NRA Endorses Boucher
Perriello Will Not Support Abortion in Health Care Reform Bill
House Panel Votes to Make Voting Records Private
McDonnell Declares March Pothole Month
Virginia House Passes Budget with No Democratic Support
House Budget Plan Adds Slots for Medicaid Waivers
House to Vote on Jail Funding
Senate Passes Budget 30-10
McDonnell Brings Out Allies to Push Charters
Senate Postpones Charter [...]
McDonnell Won’t Rule Out Running for VEEP, Criticizes Marshall
McDonnell Calls Marshall’s Comments Offensive
McDonnell to Sign APCo Rate Cut
McDonnell Urges Congressional Delegation to Secure Stimulus Funding
McDonnell, School Groups Reach Charter Deal
McDonnell Meets with McAuliffe on Franklin Mill
McDonnell Will Endorse McCain
Bolling Hears Ideas on Job Creation
Griffith Forms Congressional Campaign Committee
Criticizing Marshall Delegate Abbott Cites Disabled Son
House Panel [...]
Marshall Apologizes for Abortion, Disabilities Remarks
Black Caucus Opposes McDonnell Charter Schools Proposal
Senate Rejects Most of McDonnell’s Jobs Package
Senate Reverses Course, Passes McDonnell Proposal on Oil Royalties
Griffith: Most Likely I’m In
House and Senate K-12 Budgets Are a Gulf Apart
School Districts Relieved about Payments to Mitigate Losses
House and Senate Cut Millions from Health and Human Services
State Proposal [...]
McDonnell Budget: Furloughs, Job Cuts, Reduced Services for the Sick and Children, No New Taxes
McDonnell Releases Budget Cut Proposals
McDonnell’s Cuts Hit Health Care, Public Schools, State Workers
McDonnell’s Budget Sends Shockwaves
McDonnell’s Cuts: Answer to Crisis or Framework for Future
Cuccinelli Says EPA Climate Change Data Flawed
Cuccinelli Calls UN Global Warming Report Unreliable, Unverifiable and Doctored
Athey Bill to [...]
Obama to Speak at Hampton U Commencement
Webb Slams Report on Carrier Move to Florida
McDonnell Lays Out Specifics on Budget Behind Closed Doors
McDonnell’s Political Action Ramps Up
McDonnell to Speak About Jobs at DC Conference
Bill Would Curtail Benefits of Future State Workers
Education Groups Criticize McDonnell Charter Schools Proposal
Richmond Regional Board Opposes McDonnell School Funding Proposal
One APCo Rate [...]
1. McDonnell and the Challenges of Pragmatic Conservatism
During the campaign, Bob McDonnell embraced a pragmatic conservatism, suggesting that a conservative approach to government was best suited to resolving Virginia current economic problems and addressing long-term intractable problems such as transportation and funding for higher ed. The success of the approach is dependent on convincing activists [...]
Kaine Asks Justice Department to Approve Transfer of Convicted Murderer to Germany
Families Cry Out After Kaine Recommendation, Cuccinelli and Newman Denounce It
Kaine Will Not Issue Blanket Restoration of Rights
Kaine Says Democrats Right to Threaten Sledd Confirmation
Sledd Putting Assets in Blind Trust
Virginia Tax Revenues Continue to Lag in December
McDonnell Takes Office Saturday
McDonnell to Begin Term with [...]
Against Boucher? Never happen.
Look, there is no Republican in Virginia-none-not one-Virginia Democrats would rather see in Washington than Morgan Griffith. Montreal would be better, but we’ll settle for Washington. Anything to be shed of him. Anything to get him out of Richmond.
But it won’t happen.
In Richmond, Griffith is a big, surly catfish in a little [...]