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Column by Kellie Hahn Reprinted from Op-Ed News It all made sense to me last night why, on the night of her debate with Joe Biden, Sarah Palin made a bee line for Biden to ask if she could call him Joe. And I thought she just wanted to deliver her zinger, “Say it ain’t…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] John McCain did exactly what he wanted to do last night, which could have been the game-changer that he has been trying to make happen for weeks were it the case that all he needed to do was convince fire-breathing Republicans that he was their man. He hit on Bill…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Democrat Tom Perriello has cut into Republican Virgil Goode’s lead in the Fifth District congressional race, narrowing what had been a 34-point lead two months ago to 13 in a poll released today by Survey USA. The new poll, conducted for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, has Goode at 55 percent and…
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Staff Report There are two Sixth District congressional candidate debates on the schedule this week. Republican incumbent Bob Goodlatte, Democratic Party nominee Sam Rasoul and independent Janice Lee Allen will appear at a candidates forum sponsored by the Roanoke County PTA tonight at 7 p.m. The forum will be held at William Byrd High School…
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Story by Riley Murray blueridgedata.blogspot.com In the swing state of Virginia, the deadline of Oct. 6 for voter registration is fast approaching. Across Virginia, voter registration efforts are breaking records. With the race for the White House entering its last full month, the focus is on the Shenandoah Valley region. This rural region, in the…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] SPAM-A-LOT: Seriously, ACLU, we don’t want no more of this spam stuff The ACLU sent out a press release today to tout its work on a case that led to a decision from the Supreme Court of Virginia striking down the state law banning spam on grounds that the law…
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Column by David Cox It happened in Buena Vista. Then Minneapolis. I guess it was inevitable that 2008 political races would get downright mean. On Labor Day, when each year our very own BV becomes the political capital of Virginia, senatorial candidates Jim Gilmore and Mark Warner wasted no time in trying to flatten the…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nominee Sam Rasoul wants to get on a stage with Republican incumbent Bob Goodlatte to debate the issues of the day in front of Western Virginia voters. Rasoul today proposed a schedule of six debates – two each in the Roanoke, Lynchburg and Shenandoah Valley…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] One more speech to go. Then we look forward to the debates. And the rallies. Maybe a Virginia campaign stop or two or more. But first things first. It’s John McCain’s night at the RNC, and we’re going to provide the place in the Valley to discuss the speech from…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] MUCH ADO ABOUT … HOUSES? McCain owns at least one “I’ll have my staff get to you,” John McCain told an interviewer when asked how many homes he owns. I know a lot of to-do has been made about this. Methinks it might be too much. I mean, if it’s…
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