AFP Focus | Checking homework in 20th
Two issues to delve into the 20th District race today, both involving homework.
First, regarding Adrian Rogers and Dickie Bell being a “Republican for a Reason.” The website for Bell, the Republican nominee, featured a quote from the late Rogers, the former head of the American Southern Baptist Convention, on socialism on a webpage titled “Republican for a Reason.” The Bell campaign team failed to do its homework, though. Rogers, an advocate of the inerrancy of the Bible, when asked once his thoughts on what the Bible held on the issue of slavery, answered that slavery was a “much-maligned institution” and offered further that if it had not been abolished “we would not have such a welfare problem.” Read more
Collins among ACC players of the week
Florida State’s Christian Ponder (Colleyville, Tex), who threw for a career-high 395 yards in last Thursday’s win over North Carolina and Clemson’s C.J. Spiller (Lake Butler, Fla.), the ACC’s career leader in all-purpose yardage and kick returns for touchdowns, headline this week’s list of Atlantic Coast Conference players of the week.
Ponder and Spiller are joined on the honors list by Florida State offensive tackle Andrew Datko (Weston, Fla.) (offensive lineman), Duke linebacker Vincent Rey (Far Rockaway, N.Y.), Virginia nose tackle Nate Collins (Port Chester, N.Y.) (co-defensive linemen), Clemson safety DeAndre McDaniel (Tallahassee, Fla.) (defensive back) and quarterback Kyle Parker (Jacksonville, Fla.) (rookie). Read more
ACC TV game times
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday the following game times and networks for the games of Oct. 29-31. Read more
Rick Webb | Highland New Wind in wetlands denial?
Although Highland New Wind Development has started construction on its 19-turbine, 39 MW wind project in Highland County’s remote Laurel Fork watershed, additional state and federal permits and review may be required for wetlands disturbance. Read more
Press Gaggle | Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
MR. GIBBS: Neatly assembled, very nice. How’s everyone today?
Q Good.
MR. GIBBS: Fire away.
Q Afghanistan. Is the President getting any new options beyond the ones that General McChrystal offered a while back?
MR. GIBBS: I haven’t gotten a long download of today’s meeting. I know it ran a little bit longer. That’s why we took off a little bit later. I haven’t gotten a full download on that. I know they’re still focused on reviewing and assessing and making a decision, but I don’t have any information on that. Read more
VPT InDepth | Road worriers
You’re Pierce Homer, the Secretary of Transportation in Virginia. For five years, you’ve been overseeing reforms at the Virginia Department of Transportation that have six in seven projects completed on time and on budget, nearly three times the rate of efficiency that we saw out of VDOT from the Allen and Gilmore administrations. You’ve seen a bipartisan effort to provide for regional transportation funding solutions thrown out by the courts as being unconstitutional, rendering the campaign promise of Tim Kaine from 2005 to work toward a solution to the funding dilemma as unfulfilled.
You’re getting ready in all likelihood to hand over the roads reins to a Republican successor with Bob McDonnell’s seemingly insurmountable lead in the governor’s race a week out from Election Day.
You know well the work that has been done, the work that is yet to be done.
What do you tell your successor in the debriefing that is to come in the winter transition? Read more
A rainy day at UVa.
Georgia Tech (7-1, 5-1 ACC) took control in the second half with two backbreaking drives that broke open a close game and gave the Jackets a convincing 34-9 win over Virginia (3-4, 2-1 ACC) on Saturday in rain-soaked Charlottesville.
The loss dropped UVa. out of first place in the ACC Coastal.
Photographer Mark Miller captured the wet, wild day in pictures.
Jackets sting ‘Hoos in second half, win in rain, 34-9
Georgia Tech took control with an 18-play, 82-yard drive to start the second half, then took advantage of Virginia’s first difficulties in the red zone in 2009, en route to posting a 34-9 win over the Cavs in a battle for first place in the ACC Coastal Saturday in Charlottesville.
Jonathan Dwyer broke a 20-yard run on a third-and-eight play to key the backbreaking Yellow Jacket drive, which took 10:47 off the clock and extended Tech’s 13-6 halftime lead to 20-6.
Virginia (3-4, 2-1 ACC) took the ball to the Georgia Tech 6 on its next possession and scored an apparent touchdown on a six-yard pass from Jameel Sewell to Kris Burd, but the pass was ruled incomplete on the field, and the call was upheld on a booth review. Read more
VMI wins on road
Senior running back Howard Abegesah (Beltsville, Md.) rushed for 165 yards on 25 carries and scored three touchdowns and VMI’s spread option attack rolled up 504 yards total offense as the Keydets spoiled Presbyterian College’s homecoming with a 31-20 win over the Blue Hose Saturday afternoon in Clinton, S.C. Read more
Dukes drop fourth straight
Jonathan Grimes ran for a career-high 158 yards, and R.J. Archer threw for two touchdowns to lead William & Mary to a 24-3 Colonial Athletic Association football win over James Madison Saturday.
Grimes, who ran 20 times, set up the Tribe’s first touchdown with a season-long 61-yard run and scored on a nine-yard run in the final quarter. Archer had scoring passes of nine and 18 yards and completed 15 of 22 passes for 127 yards. Read more
Live Blog | Georgia Tech at UVa.
Are you ready for some football? The AFP will be live at Scott Stadium for today’s Georgia Tech-UVa. football game.
The matchup between Virginia (3-3, 2-0 ACC) and Georgia Tech (6-1, 4-1 ACC) is for first place in the ACC Coastal Division.
AFP editor Chris Graham will be in the press box providing live updates, commentary, analysis and more.
Join in with your own observations and questions for Chris.
Kickoff is at noon. The game is being broadcast on Raycom and ESPN360.
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Sam Rasoul | Been here before
Posted on October 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Deja vu? When I spoke with Creigh yesterday, he reminded me that we are in the same exact spot now, except this time Virginia has more Democrats than we did in 2005, and Obama’s victory proved that last year. Read more
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