McDonnell to step down as AG
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Bob McDonnell is resigning as attorney general of Virginia effective Feb. 20 to devote his attention full-time to his pursuit of the governorship.
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Trying to make sense of the ’09 Dem governor’s race
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The race for the Democratic Party nomination to run for governor has come to look an awful lot like the race for the Dem nomination to run for the White House that resulted in Barack Obama’s historic victory in November. It started early – when Valley native son Creigh Deeds declared his candidacy for the…
Roads fix on the backburner again
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Looking back on it, wouldn’t it have made sense to have started doing something about our transportation-infrastructure limitations, I don’t know, maybe a few years ago when the economy was relatively purring and the dollars were available to address the traffic jams in NoVa and Hampton Roads and the clogged arteries inhibiting commerce statewide?
The straight scoop with Creigh Deeds
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One thing is for sure when you ask Creigh Deeds a question. He’s going to give you an answer, and it’s not going to be one of those politician answers where you think afterward that he really didn’t give too much away. “The things that I talk about aren’t things that people have told me…
Moran leads McDonnell, according to poll
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And the winner is … Brian Moran. OK, so he’s the leader on his way to the first tee. Moran is the only one of the three candidates for the ’09 Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination who would beat presumptive Republican nominee Bob McDonnell in a head-to-head matchup, according to a poll released today by Rasmussen…
David Cox | Terry, Don’t
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Elections now almost precisely one month behind us can only mean that Virginians will go to the polls again in 11 months. Next year we get to elect a governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and the whole House of Delegates. So, if they must, let the games begin. Actually, they have already begun. Two legislators,…
The From-Heres vs. The Come-Heres
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From-Here or Come-Here? Sometimes you don’t even have to ask. You can tell by the accent, or lack of one. But that isn’t to say that people don’t care which one you are. It can make all the difference in the world, honestly. We “don’t care,” my friend Jim Nichols famously wrote in a letter…
Cucinelli leads the GOP AG pack out of the gate
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Bad news for Republicans in ’09 – Ken Cuccinelli is organized. The state senator and ’09 attorney-general nomination candidate submitted more than 20,000 signatures to the Republican Party of Virginia on Monday to become the first AG candidate to qualify for the Republican Convention next spring.
News Leader cuts 15 positions
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One blog is calling it the “biggest mass layoff in newspaper industry history,” and part of it is ongoing in the Valley. The News Leader cut 15 job positions on Tuesday as part of a move initiated by its corporate parent Gannett Co. Inc. that will result in 10 percent of the Northern Virginia-based media…
AFP, New Dominion, local Dems headed to D.C. for Obama inauguration
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The Augusta Free Press/The New Dominion and the Waynesboro Democratic Committee are teaming up to sponsor a bus trip to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2009, to witness Barack Obama’s inauguration as the 44th President of the United States.
