
Allen launches ‘Send a Message’ tour
Today, George Allen welcomed Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling on the campaign trail to launch the “Send a Message” tour, a two-week tour rallying Virginians to send a message to President Obama

Today, George Allen welcomed Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling on the campaign trail to launch the “Send a Message” tour, a two-week tour rallying Virginians to send a message to President Obama

Defense and national security initiatives long championed by Sen. Jim Webb will be advanced by numerous provisions adopted in the National Defense Authorization Act

News and notes from the presidential race and the Virginia Senate race

Tim Kaine talks Senate budget votes, and we look at the latest polling in New Hampshire and North Carolina

Tea Party Republican Senate candidate Jamie Radtke blasted the American Conservative Union endorsement of George Allen today

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.

Postal reform legislation adopted by the U.S. Senate today on a vote of 62-37 included an amendment written by Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) that aims to accelerate and improve a federal benefits processing system that still relies on the hand-processing of paper records. Virginia is home to an estimated 130,000 federal workers, and many…

Third in a series It can be easy for politicians running for office to stay within the bubble of campaign events – shaking hands, making speeches, eating on the run, rinse, repeat. U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine has been making it a point to get out from under the bubble with a series of walking…

First in a series Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine learned a lot on his April 14 walking tour of Downtown Waynesboro. Kaine, a Democrat, met with groups of business owners and city leaders Saturday morning before speaking to a group of 60 local voters about the state of the 2012 U.S. Senate race.

Tim Kaine released his economic agenda on Wednesday as he embarked on a two-week tour of Virginia. The roadmap includes strategic initiatives to grow businesses and encourage job creation, develop a talented workforce, and balance the budget by finding common ground on spending cuts as well as investments that will generate new revenue. “As the…
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