Share
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…
Share
Column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Frank Lucente gets his majority Give the old codger credit. A lot had to work just right for him to do it, but he did it. Now comes the hard part. He proved himself adept at being in the minority. But how will he do running the show when…
Share
The Politics Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] One thing we can all agree on – we need to do something about our roads. Right? Right? “With the housing economy the way it is today, I don’t know that adding a new cost is the wisest thing to do,” said Del. Phil Hamilton, R-Newport News, echoing…
Share
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…
Share
Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “No, I’ve said repeatedly that I will not raise your taxes.” “No, I don’t actually want Invista to close up shop.” “I want to run Invista out of town and pave over their property for a baseball stadium? What?” This is just what got back to…
Share
Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall I was holding off on writing this column, waiting for the results from Indiana and North Carolina, then I realized nothing is going to change, in spite of what Russert said. At this point I’m pretty sure Hillary has exercised the “nuclear option,” and she’s hell bent on destroying…
Share
The Politics Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] Republicans were doing just fine before Kurt Michael took over as the chair of the Augusta County GOP. They will likely do just fine after Michael gives up the chairmanship. I mean, this is a county that gave Bob Dole 60 percent of the vote in the 1996…
Share
The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The last time that you were paying any attention to the U.S. Senate race, former governor Jim Gilmore was the Republican candidate. Be careful now, though, because Gilmore has two opponents for that GOP nomination that you might have assumed was an automatic. Northern Virginia state delegate Bob…
Share
Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Bob Goodlatte threw down the gauntlet. “Their budget proposal calls for $683 billion in new taxes over the next five years. That would mean a tax increase for more than 116 million American taxpayers, who will face an average tax hike of $1,800. And while obviously businesses large and small…
Share
Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Look at the 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial race one way, and it looks an awful lot like the 2008 Democratic Party presidential race. You’ve got two candidates in both who are perceived as being basically dead-even right now who you have to assume will fight to the death for the…
