Monday, Feb. 23, 2009

Chris Graham

– Economy: Joint statement on the economy, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: Waynesboro City Council business meeting agenda, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: Augusta County Board of Supervisors staff briefing agenda, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: VDOT road work update, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Virginia Politics: Moran picks up Henrico endorsement, Monday,…

Signer shares vision for LG job

Chris Graham

What does the lieutenant governor in Virginia do? Tim Kaine was a pretty good LG back in his day, I think in large part due to the fact that he took what is basically a part-time job with limited constitutional responsibilities and turned it into a full-time gig as Mark Warner’s eyes and ears out…

Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009

Chris Graham

– Local News: Community Foundation announces creation of scholarship fund, Thursday, 6:45 p.m. – Local News: Wine tasting Friday in Waynesboro, Thursday, 6:45 p.m. – Sports: W&L baseball opens ’09 with win, Thursday, 6:45 p.m. – Local News: EMU history prof traces life of 19th century explorer, author, Thursday, 2:50 p.m. – Virginia Politics: Moran…

Sanford D. Horn | Rush to bad judgment

Contributors

Congress and Barack Obama have mastered hurry up and wait to an art form; but it’s an art form that should rankle the American people to their core. Obama wasted taxpayer dollars giving campaign-esque speeches in Elkhart, Ind., East Peoria, Ill., and Fort Myers, Fla., demanding that Congress pass the so-called stimulus package as quickly…

Ken Plum | The home stretch

Ken Plum

Crossover has come and gone, which means the House has acted on all of our bills and is now taking up legislation passed by the Senate. Obviously, much of the news from Richmond has been dominated by talks of budget shortfalls and the federal stimulus package, but House Democrats have successfully passed a number of…

AFP Politics Blog – Feb. 13-15, 2009

Chris Graham

– News: Moran gets firefighters endorsements, Sunday, 3:09 p.m. – News: Dems comment on addition of Gillespie to McDonnell campaign team, Friday, 5:10 p.m. – News: McAuliffe comments on House education-funding cuts, Friday, 4:35 p.m. – News: Perriello comments on stimulus, Friday, 4:35 p.m. – Video: Jeff Frederick denounces Darwin, Friday, 9:40 a.m. – News:…

AFP Politics Blog – Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009

Chris Graham

– News: Transportation secretary meets with state leaders to discuss stimulus, Wednesday, 4:05 p.m. – News: Moran gets Petersburg endorsements, Wednesday, 4:05 p.m. – News: Perriello honors NAACP, Wednesday, 4:05 p.m. – News: Bills blocking REAL ID pass House, Senate, Wednesday, noon – News: Deeds announces campaign communications team, Wednesday, 9:20 a.m.

Webb shares perspectives, insight on stimulus

Chris Graham

Jim Webb isn’t your average run-of-the-mill partisan whose vote can be accounted for solely based on his Democratic Party pedigree. The centrist Virginia senior senator studied the economic-stimulus plan making its way through Congress line item-by-line item. “I had to be able to sit up here as I am right now and say, This is…

Transcript and video from the first President Obama news conference

Contributors

President Barack Obama held the first prime-time news conference of his presidency Monday night. Obama took questions from reporters on topics ranging from the economic slowdown and discussions in Congress of his proposed stimulus legislation to issues involving Iran and the Middle East and the news that New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has confessed…