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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] “Whaddya mean, you can’t do anything to stop the war in Iraq?” It’s funny what people ask you about when you press the flesh, which I’m doing basically every day and have been for weeks now heading into my May 6 election. “What is your position on…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] Was it really so bad that Virginia and Virginia Tech both lost Wednesday night? Um … Well, consider UVa. coach Dave Leitao’s response to comments from Bradley guard Jeremy Crouch, who suggested that the Braves were able to confuse the Cavs defense in their 96-85…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I had Bill Bolling on the line, so I had to ask. Are you running for governor next year? “Everywhere I go, it seems that the only question that’s on everybody’s mind is, Are you going to run for governor in 2009? So despite my best efforts to get everybody…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] So you’re Jim Gilmore, and you’re running for the United States Senate. You’ve served as a state attorney general, running the biggest law firm in the state for four pretty solid years. You’re a former governor who won election by a comfortable margin over a two-term Democratic lieutenant governor in…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Bill Bolling will not be in the running for the Republican Party gubernatorial nomination in 2009. “While I deeply appreciate the encouragement I have received from countless people all across our state, I have decided that I will not be a candidate for governor in 2009. While it would be…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show” to hear Virginia football coach Al Groh talk about his team as it begins spring practice. Show Length: 11:59. Al Groh would have reason to be frustrated. He lost his starting quarterback, Jameel Sewell, to grades. He lost a starting defensive end, Jeffrey Fitzgerald, to…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Creigh Deeds lives 85 miles from Charlottesville. That’s how far I am from Richmond, give or take a mile or two. Can you imagine a legislative district that would somehow link Waynesboro and Richmond? Yeah. Not much of a community of interest there. Right? But Deeds represents Charlottesville in the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s one thing to learn from a book or a lecturing professor. It’s another entirely to get your hands dirty learning something the hard way. Washington and Lee University wants to give its law students the experience of what it’s really like to do hands-on lawyering. “The idea is that…
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General Assembly Report column by Del. Ben Cline The adjournment of the 2008 General Assembly session came five days later than planned, but like all good things, it was worth waiting for. As I wrote last week, the session was extended by a few days to give our negotiators a little more time to work out the differences…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It was a lot different five years ago. Local demonstrators raising issue with the war in Iraq represented a small minority of those willing to express a public opinion about the war. “We get much more positive feedback now. People give us a thumbs-up, they honk, they wave, they say,…
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