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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] Who will it be? Tim Kaine? Mark Warner? Has Jim Webb snuck his way back into the race? How about Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden or Evan Bayh? And that’s just on the Democratic Party side. My bet on the GOP side is Mitt Romney. Others say Tim Pawlenty. Or…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Bill Bolling apparently got the memo about making sure to talk up John McCain – and take a shot or two at Barack Obama. “Contrary to, I guess, conventional wisdom, I happen to be one who believes as this campaign moves forward that Sen. McCain’s candidacy in Virginia is going…
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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] The small but cheery group of Republicans who are doing what they can to boost Jim Gilmore in his Senate race against Mark Warner are heartily pushing, following Gilmore’s lead, the notion that he is a fiscal conservative and that Warner is a tax-and-spend liberal and so you ought…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] The only question to me would be how he would get around having said repeatedly that he is not interested in the job. Because otherwise, wouldn’t the #2 spot on Barack Obama’s national ticket be Mark Warner’s to lose? Even the Obama people seem to think so. Journalist Marc Ambinder…
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Notes from the Press column by Chris Graham [email protected] AFP reader Arthur Ross made me do some thinking this morning. “If Virginia has 57 million barrels of oil available, and it is not in the cue to be used, and we use 20 million a day from some source, then the 57 will extend what…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] THEY CALLED HIM ‘TURD BLOSSOM’: Karl Rove assails Tim Kaine I think I agree with Tim Kaine. When they send Karl Rove out to attack you, well … “Will all due respect again to Governor Kaine, he’s been a governor for three years,” Rove told Bob Schieffer on the CBS…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] FRIENDLY ADVICE: Don’t hitch yourself to the Gilmore wagon Word is getting back to me about Scott Sayre going out and stumping for Jim Gilmore pretty hot and heavy this summer. Scott, some friendly advice – you don’t want to go down with the Gilmore Titanic. Spend your time with…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Emmett Hanger is smart enough not to fall into the trap I was laying for him. I wanted to get Hanger to talk to me about his possible rekindled interest in running for lieutenant governor next year – knowing, of course, as I was asking the question that I was…
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A View from the Right column by Mike Hodge I have an important question to pose to you, but first an observation. You’ve heard all the hoopla about Tim Kaine being Barack Obama’s VP. I wanted to tell you why this is a good thing for Valley Republicans. Bill Bolling running for governor and Bob…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] And the blowhards are trying to say that Virginia would be better off without Tim Kaine … Forbes.com has once again named Virginia as its “Best State for Business.” It was the third consecutive annual recognition for the Commonwealth by the folks at Forbes, all three on the watch of…
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