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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] The talk about Tim Kaine being on Barack Obama’s VP short list is no accident. Just look at the timing. That’s what has Christopher Newport University political-science professor Quentin Kidd thinking there’s more to the firestorm of coverage on this short-list news than maybe meets the eye. “There are two…
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A Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall When I started writing this column a while back, I thought it’d be good for a few laughs, and every now and then something would be added to the political debate that wonks and readers are supposed to engage in. Turns out there is no debate. In the…
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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m a Unitarian – if I can say that going every so often to the local Unitarian Universalist fellowship makes me a Unitarian. Actually, those who know even just a little about Unitarians at all understand perfectly well how Unitarian that makes me. If you’ve been paying attention to…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Barack Obama presidential campaign will open a Staunton headquarters on Saturday. The headquarters will be located at 100 S. New St. in Downtown Staunton. The location will open to the public at 10 a.m. Saturday with an open house running through 2 p.m. The public is invited to attend…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Shenandoah Valley is among the reddest parts of red-state America. Tim Russert, God rest his soul, needed a brighter shade for us to get across just how red we are. George W. Bush got 74.4 percent of the vote in Augusta County and Rockingham County in 2004,…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] I’ve not heard any talk about Colin Powell being on Barack Obama’s short list for vice-presidential nominees, though apparently it wouldn’t be a bad idea. A recent Zogby International poll suggests that the former secretary of state would add the most cachet to the Obama ticket among independent voters and…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] “Radical centrist.” The words don’t seem to go together, but then you listen to Mark Warner describe the concept that he’s trying to sell, and it makes a lot of sense. “We’re going to have a window in January of ’09, whether it’s McCain or Obama, and if we can’t…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] President Bush’s approval rating is at its lowest point in his presidency, and one of the bottom 10 approval ratings on record. But even with that being the case, he’s twice as popular as Congress. Bush’s average quarterly approval rating is at 29 percent for the most recent quarter surveyed…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Bob Goodlatte has a boatload of money Try $1.5 million cash on hand as of June 30, according to the Federal Election Commission. Which is, what, about 20 times the $80,000-plus that Democrat Sam Rasoul has at his disposal right now? You get the feeling that if Rasoul gets…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Democrat Barack Obama has a five-point lead on Republican John McCain, according to polling done by Zogby International. Obama leads by a 44 percent-to-39 percent margin. Libertarian candidate Bob Barr is at 5 percent in Virginia, and independent Ralph Nader is at 1 percent.
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