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Column by David Reynolds – If the sign war is any indication of the outcome of the Senate race between Mark Warner and Jim Gilmore, Gilmore loses by more than 20 to 1. – Turnout at the Republican breakfast was slightly down from last year. The Dems had a few more at their table. –…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I had a hard time transcribing the recordings of my interviews, it was so loud. I’ve been to the past 12 Buena Vista Labor Day events, and this was by far the most energetic one I’ve ever been a part of. “In my life, I’ve never seen anything like this…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] Terry McAuliffe for governor, huh? In Virginia? Really? “I was a kid who grew up in Syracuse,” said McAuliffe, a former Democratic National Committee chair and key advisor to the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, after speaking to the Virginia delegation at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. “I started…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I was introducing Sam Rasoul to a member of the Wayne Theatre Alliance board of directors a few months ago when I saw political hari-kari committed right before my very eyes. The Wayne representative was talking about how hard it would be for him to vote against Bob…
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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] Joe Biden isn’t the breakaway dunk that Hillary Clinton or Mark Warner would have been for Barack Obama, but to continue with the basketball analogy, he’s the back-to-the-basket post player who can rebound and play defense that every team needs to be able to win a championship, or in…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’ve said this before, but I think it bears repeating as we approach the Barack Obama VP Zero Hour. Virginia is certainly flattered to have been a player in the Obama Veepstakes, but we’re not going to appreciate feeling jerked around when Obama doesn’t seal the deal with one of…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] Since nobody called, I decided to go ahead and volunteer my name to the Barack Obama VP selection team for vetting. I know it’s a longshot, but … I’m thinking that the Obama people are struggling as to which direction to take. I mean, it’s been weeks…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] Who will it be? Tim Kaine? Mark Warner? Has Jim Webb snuck his way back into the race? How about Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden or Evan Bayh? And that’s just on the Democratic Party side. My bet on the GOP side is Mitt Romney. Others say Tim Pawlenty. Or…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Bill Bolling apparently got the memo about making sure to talk up John McCain – and take a shot or two at Barack Obama. “Contrary to, I guess, conventional wisdom, I happen to be one who believes as this campaign moves forward that Sen. McCain’s candidacy in Virginia is going…
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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] The small but cheery group of Republicans who are doing what they can to boost Jim Gilmore in his Senate race against Mark Warner are heartily pushing, following Gilmore’s lead, the notion that he is a fiscal conservative and that Warner is a tax-and-spend liberal and so you ought…
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