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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Two weeks ago, the ’08 presidential election was essentially a referendum on whether Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama was fit to be commander-in-chief, even as Obama had been efforting for months to convince voters that it was really about change. Last night, John McCain, a political maverick to…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Another key measure of economic performance appears to show the continued effects of slowdown. The national unemployment rate rose four-tenths of a percent in August, topping the 6 percent mark, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment fell in the manufacturing and employment-services sectors, with gains in the mining…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] What interest would a lobbyist group have in hosting a pay-to-play fundraiser for Fifth District Congressman Virgil Goode? That question is being asked by the campaign of Democratic Party nominee Tom Perriello. “This is just another example of how Virgil Goode has been bought and paid for by the special…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] Redskins. Giants. Thursday night. Need I say more? The NFL is kicking off tonight at 7 p.m. with the Washington Redskins traveling to the Meadowlands to take on the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants. Join us tonight for a live blog to discuss the game and the upcoming…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] Of course I wanted to hear about the Notre Dame game and the Penn State game a week later that turned things around for UVa. in that 1989 season. And the Clemson game that we could have won if Shawn Moore hadn’t gotten hurt in…
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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] “Sarah Palin represents everything they hate,” conservative radio host Laura Ingraham told an audience at the Republican National Convention this week. Which piqued my interest, because I’m guessing that I’m one of those they that she was referring to – a Democrat, a member of the news media. Come…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Fifth District congressional candidate Tom Perriello is using the web and a dash of levity to draw attention to Republican incumbent Virgil Goode’s ties to Big Oil. “This video is a humorous way to learn how Congressman Goode personally and politically benefits from Big Oil, but the facts of the…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Jim Gilmore standing at the podium in Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista at the foot of the Blue Ridge pulled a piece of paper from his pocket. A burly, hirsute man wearing a form-fitting Gilmore T-shirt handed the news reporter standing next to me a similarly-sized paper…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] She has executive experience, but let’s put Sarah Palin’s Alaska in perspective. It has a population of 670,000 and a state budget of $6.6 billion. Which, essentially, makes it Fairfax County (population 1 million, operating budget of $3.3 billion), only colder. So maybe we can dispense with the…
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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…
