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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] UGH, IT’S STILL OUT THERE: Misleading Gilmore campaign info at another fair Word has gotten to me that a Gilmore campaign info sheet on the car tax that we shredded apart here last week after picking up a copy at the Augusta County Fair is now on display at the…
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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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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] If Barack Obama was to go strictly by the positive numbers, he’d have John Edwards making a second run at the job of second most powerful person in the free world. A Rasmussen Reports survey released on Monday showed that the former North Carolina senator and 2004 Democratic Party vice-presidential…
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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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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] Barack Obama continues to hold a two- to four-point lead in the major national polls. Looking inside the numbers, one might be able to foresee the margin widening as we head into the election season.
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Op-Ed by Clyde Winter ClydeWinter.wordpress.com Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more “The GI Bill gives emphatic notice to the men and women in our armed forces that the American people do not intend to let them down.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on signing the original G.I Bill for returning veterans The Iraq and Afghanistan…
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The Politics Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] I was planning to use this column to blast Hillary Clinton. “I will be making no decisions tonight.” Famous last words, right? But then Barack Obama took the stage in St. Paul, Minn., and did what Hillary should have done in New York. “You chose to listen…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A new poll conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University has likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain leading his two potential Democratic rivals in Virginia. McCain leads Barack Obama by a 44 percent-to-36 percent margin, and he leads Hillary Clinton by a 47 percent-to-38 percent margin, according to the Commonwealth Poll. The…
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Op-Ed by Sanford D. Horn Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more Enough already! Every word, every thought, every nuanced phrase uttered, has been placed under a microscope to the point that if a candidate doesn’t answer quickly enough he or she isn’t smart enough, but if the same candidate answers too quickly, he or…
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Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall All deference to Mario Cuomo and all the other Democratic wags who thought, or still think, an Obama/Clinton ticket is a “Dream Team” – but, what the hell is wrong with you people? You can’t seriously think it’s a good idea. Here we are, on the verge of getting…
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