In the last two days
By Kelsey Radcliffe, a student journalist
She broke the story of Bob Marshall’s comments suggesting that the birth of children with disabilities could be punishment for a previous abortion.
Today, every major paper in Virginia is following up on her story.
And by Isaac Graves, citizen-investigator.
He produced an article for the National Examiner about [...]
1. Wilder’s Politico Buzz
Politico has quickly become on of the most widely read sources among Washington insiders. It didn’t take long for Doug Wilder’s article criticizing President Obama’s White House team and suggesting that Tim Kaine is not the best fit for the DNC Chair to be all the buzz on the news, cable and talk radio [...]
1. National Reviews Are in On McDonnell’s SOTU Response
The general consensus is that McDonnell was more successful than Bobby Jindal last year, increased his name recognition and did no harm to his stature as a rising Governor in the GOP firmament. What might have been most impressive about McDonnell’s political smarts, however, came the day [...]
1. VITA Mess Worsens
Yesterday’s story by Peter Bacque in the RTD introduced a new element into the VITA mess. It seems that problems about cost and contractor performance (as important as these are) are not the only significant issues. Bacque notes that “Virginia’s new expensive IT system does not have network backups in case connections [...]
1. Newspaper Coverage in the Internet Era
It seems to me that the best papers stopped complaining about the web and started to use it to their advantage. The web allows for real-time presentation of information and gives newspapers the opportunity to highlight the work and the voice of its best writers. While the Washington Post is [...]
The Shame on You GOTV effort that was going to send information to citizens about their neighbors’ voting habits as a way of motivating people to cast a ballot this year has been abruptly cancelled.
Bill Sizemore of the Virginian Pilot broke the story and followed it up yesterday evening with some excellent reporting, noting that there are [...]
The Enthusiasm Gap has become the hot term to explain what is taking place in the statewide contests this year.
The pollsters can’t seem to agree on how large McDonnell’s lead is right now. Some have it as close as 7 points. Others have it as large as 19. But all the polls agree on one [...]
Rasmussen Has McDonnell Up by 7
Virginia, New Jersey Gubernatorial Races May Prove Early Test of Obama Policies
Johnson Stumps for McDonnell
Key Democrat Speaks to McDonnell Faithful
Deeds and McDonnell Target McDonnell Image
Kaine, Lawmakers Warn No New Funds for Northrop Grumman
The Politics of VITA
Wagner Rips Bolling Attendance in Second TV Ad
Norment’s Legal Work for William and Mary Draws [...]
GOPAC Helps McDonnell, Virginia GOP
Deeds: To Get Things Done Sometimes it Takes a “Nobody from Nowhere”
Deeds Links Self with Warner Not Obama
Post Reporters, Holsworth on the Governor’s Race
Boehner Lends McDonnell a Hand
National Democrats Step Up Efforts for Deeds
Videos Highlight Dueling Images
Print Journalism is Alive and Well: In TV Ads
House Call in Virginia Beach
Danny Marshall and [...]
McDonnell by 14
Bolling by 13
Cuccinelli By 11
Yet Public Policy Polling has Deeds “closing” and down by 5.
What’s Going On?
In part, it’s the quirkiness of doing polls on the cheap these days.
But most of the explanation can be found in the diametrically conflicting models of the likely electorate found inside the poll numbers.
Public Policy Polling has [...]