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Deeds gets WaPo endorsement, McAuliffe gets another poll bump

Two developments in the Democratic Party gubernatorial race in the last couple of days have the race going in a couple of different directions. A Research 2000/Daily Kos poll released on Thursday has Terry McAuliffe gaining significant ground on Brian Moran and Creigh Deeds since the last R2000/Kos poll in early April. And then today [...]

Posted May 22, 2009  

Harrisonburg: Obama to rally Valley on eve of historic election

The Top Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Why in the world, you’re asking yourself, is Barack Obama spending half his day on Tuesday in the Central Shenandoah Valley that went 70 percent for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004? A better question, given a look at the ’08 poll numbers, might be, Why in [...]

Posted October 27, 2008  

Virginia: Warner backs Obama, campaign manager says

Column by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net “We’ve been doing everything we possibly can to make sure that we’re coordinated with the Obama campaign,” Mark Warner’s campaign manager, Mike Henry, told me today, responding to a column in the AFP last week in which I noted how Warner seemed to me to be playing it kind of [...]

Posted October 21, 2008  

Waynesboro: The Post reports on lack of Obama signs in River City

Column by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net And you thought I was just some party hack … Yes, that was me who was quoted on the Washington Post Virginia Politics Blog today about my complaints to the Barack Obama campaign about their policy regarding yard signs. “I think they might be missing the boat,” Chris Graham, chairman [...]

Posted September 24, 2008  

Virginia Politics: Voter rolls swelling in Dem-friendly areas

Staff Report Democrats are working hard to add to the voter rolls in Virginia, and their efforts seem to be paying off. Registrations are up 10 percent this year in a number of Democratic Party-leaning cities and counties in the Old Dominion, according to a report in today’s Washington Post. The analysis showed that registration [...]

Posted September 17, 2008  

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