AFP on WREL: A GOP challenge for Goodlatte?
AFP editor Chris Graham talks news and politics with WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.”
The segment begins with talk about Virginia’s $544 million budget surplus announced this week by Gov. Bob McDonnell. Democrats have pointed out that the surplus is far from being all good news – given the cuts in education, transportation and other core service areas that were made to make the surplus possible.
We wrap with discussion of the news that Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte will face a challenge from inside the Republican Party for his re-election in 2012. Is Goodlatte vulnerable to a challenge from the Tea Party?
AFP on WREL: Football fever
We return from vacation with a new segment of AFP on WREL featuring AFP editor Chris Graham and WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.”
Chris and Jim talk about the signing by the Seattle Mariners of Danny Hultzen, the UVa. lefthander who was the #2 pick in June’s Major League draft.
The focus then shifts to local high-school and college football.
The AFP on WREL: Politics talk
AFP editor Chris Graham talks news and politics with WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.”
The segment begins with talk on the ongoing negotiations in Congress over the national debt ceiling. Chris gives insight into a conversation that he had with Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, a Republican who seems more focused on the importance of getting the deal done and what a done deal can mean for business. That is the approach that many on both sides of the aisle seem to favor, Chris says, given the economic uncertainty of the time.
A review of campaign-finance numbers in the Virginia Senate race and then a switch of gears to talk a little Valley League baseball wrap us up.
The AFP on WREL: Baseball fever
AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” Today’s podcast focuses on sports – and begins with a look at the stretch drive in the Valley League. Is Harrisonburg, ranked #6 in the country in summer baseball, the clear team to beat? Chris thinks so, but also thinks that anything can happen in the final weeks of the summer season.
The attention then shifts to big-league baseball and the NFL. The big question of the day being – will we have an NFL season in 2011?
The AFP on WREL: Justice?
AFP editor Chris Graham and WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” discuss the Casey Anthony murder case.
The AFP on WREL: Inside the numbers
AFP editor Chris Graham talks news and politics with WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.”
The segment is hardcore politics talk. The focus is on poll numbers showing Barack Obama and Tim Kaine both running well at this early, early stage in the 2012 election cycle. Will Democrats be able to come back from stinging defeats at the polls in 2009 and 2010 to take Virginia again in 2012?
The segment wraps with an assessment from Chris on Mitt Romney’s status as frontrunner in the crowded GOP presidential field.
The AFP on WREL: Politics talk
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The segment begins with a look at the ongoing federal debt-ceiling stalemate. Will the two sides come to a compromise? Chris offers his insights.
The segment wraps with a look inside the latest poll numbers in the Virginia U.S. Senate race. Tim Kaine has opened a small lead over George Allen. Chris takes us inside the numbers to explain why.
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