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The Virginia House of Delegates is coming under intense criticism after the body refused to appoint Tracy Thorne-Begland as a Richmond General District Court judge because he is openly gay
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The short answer: I don’t know any more than anybody else. Not that this stops me from having some strong thoughts on the subject
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The oil industry is planning what some call a dangerous strategy of drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean
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Today, the Obama campaign announced part of the pre-program at President Obama’s rally this Saturday at the Siegel Center in Richmond, including VCU basketball coach Shaka Smart, who will be hosting the event. The pre-program participants, which will be released in full tomorrow, represent a mix of grassroots supporters and political leaders, and come from…
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Yesterday the news from Public Policy Polling was that Barack Obama had an eight-point lead statewide in his race for re-election. Today the news is that former Obama vice-president short-lister Tim Kaine is in a dead heat in another PPP survey of Virginians on their preferences for the U.S. Senate.
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We have, unfortunately, experience with losing elections – we being progressives in Waynesboro, loosely defined. And I say loosely defined because the word progressive means something very different in Waynesboro than it does just about everywhere else in the country
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Crowds of volunteers gathered across the entire Commonwealth Saturday to register new voters, just a week before President Obama comes to Richmond for his first day of campaign rallies. Volunteers were joined by Senator Mark Warner in Arlington, former Congressman Tom Perriello in Charlottesville, and Obama Campaign Deputy Operation Vote Director Michael Blake in Falls…
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“So what’s the big deal with The Hunger Games?” sez I to the handsome rascal in the mirror. No answer, just an admiring gaze as I finished shaving. Obviously I’d have to look into this Box Office phenomena myself; might actually have to go see the movie! The thought made me shudder. After all, the…
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Mitt Romney has gained four points on Barack Obama in the latest Public Policy Polling survey of voters, indicating movement among Republicans now that the former Massachusetts governor has all but sewn up the GOP presidential nomination. Romney now trails Obama by a 49 percent-46 percent margin after trailing 49 percent-42 percent a month ago….
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A day after deadlocking once again on the $85 billion spending plan for the 2012-2014 biennium, a sudden break by Democratic State Sen. Chuck Colgan from what had been unified Democratic Party opposition to the state budget led to its passage on Wednesday. Colgan, D-Prince William, told reporters after the 21-19 vote in the Senate…
