Sanford D. Horn | Master of his domain, but little else

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In his first primetime press conference Barack Obama was certainly master of his domain – holding court in a campaign-like speech interrupted by the occasional question. Obama’s goal, clearly, was to remind the American people who won in November and who’s in charge today with his continued fearmongering imploring Congress to hurry up and pass…

Fishburne sponsoring NASCAR entry at Daytona

Chris Graham

NASCAR. Fishburne. Daytona. A marriage made in heaven. “Fishburne Military School is proud to sponsor Mike Wallace and wants to thank him for his dedication and devotion to Fishburne Military School,” said T. Nelson Saunders Jr., chairman of the board of Trustees of the Fishburne Educational Foundation, announcing the news that the Waynesboro-based prep military…

Chris Graham | How? vs. How Much?

Chris Graham

We’re running a few minutes behind to get to the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner to hear former President Bill Clinton, and my wife, Crystal, is at wit’s end. We’d spent the sunny, springlike afternoon with my college roommate and his wife in Richmond and taken our swanky dinner clothes with us to change there instead of being…

AFP Politics Blog – Monday, Feb. 9, 2009

Chris Graham

– News: Voter-restoration bill passes Virginia Senate, Monday, 7:40 p.m. – News: Shannon earns AG endorsements, Monday, 7:22 p.m. – News: House GOP talks up transportation-funding plan, Monday, 7:22 p.m. – News: Moran picks up endorsement of former Democratic Governors’ Association director, Monday, 2:45 p.m. – News: Poll suggests support for stimulus, Monday, 2:45 p.m….

Withering in the haze of secondhand smoke

Chris Graham

It will be hard for Bob McDonnell to portray himself as anything other than an ideologue after this debate over smoking in restaurants in Virginia is over. “He generally believes this is an issue that should be solved by the free market and not government,” McDonnell spokesman Tucker Martin said of the attorney general and…