Virginia ’09: McAuliffe for governor?

Chris Graham

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…

The Biden trump

Chris Graham

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…

More on Obama-Kaine speculation

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Barack Obama is spending the day on Wednesday in Virginia, then is spending the night that night in Richmond, according to a report on the Washington Post Virginia Politics blog yesterday. You could say that this is fueling speculation about the announcement that is expected to come on Wednesday or…

Kaine addresses lawmakers on budget shortfall

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Everything is on the table, Gov. Tim Kaine told state legislators today as the two sides began to address a projected billion-dollar shortfall in the current biennial state budget. “The need to engage in a third major round of budget reductions will mean, by necessity, that all programs — including…

Is rumored Obama-Kaine event in Virginia on Thursday related to VP selection?

Chris Graham

Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Let’s put two and two together and see what we get, shall we? Politico is reporting that Barack Obama is likely to announce his vice-presidential running mate this week, and notes that Obama is scheduled to be in New Mexico today with VP contender Bill Richardson and on Wednesday in…

When nitty-gritty sands of time get in your sandwich

Jim Bishop

Column by Jim Bishop Greetings from Harrisonburg! I thought this would be my annual beach report, live and direct from the Outer Banks, N.C. But, as Scottish poet Robert (Sun)Burns rightly observed, “The best-laid plans of mice and men gang often go awry” (Gang aft agley). Instead, I’m hunkered down in the bedroom of our…