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It can’t be a good day for Tim Kaine. The governor-by-day, partisan-by-chief by night and weekend lost, and lost big, big, big, and in his home state, in his first election as the chair of the Democratic National Committee. Might it be his last?
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Winning in life involves good timing, having the right friends and not forgetting to dance with those you came with. The same is true in politics. Creigh Deeds lost his lifetime dream yesterday, as well as an 18-point landslide election, because he forgot these three simple rules. First the matter of good timing and bad…
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Virginia has come a long way in the past eight years. Last night’s results may have been a disappointment but we can continue to expand upon the successes of Democratic leaders in Virginia. As we begin to rebuild we start with a remarkable advantage that we did not have eight years ago. Virginians have elected…
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Waynesboro hasn’t had a night at the movies since the Wayne Theater closed a decade ago. It seems an interesting locale to start a digital-movie revolution. “We’ll have more digital screens than anybody else I’ve been able to find in Virginia. We will be the only all-digital theater that I’ve been able to find in…
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The last pre-election polls had the Republican ticket of Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling and Ken Cuccinelli winning by 11-14 points. Bad news for Virginia Democrats – it was worse than expected. McDonnell bested Democrat Creigh Deeds in the marquee race for governor Tuesday, piling up over 1 million votes en route to garnering just shy…
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Miami sophomore quarterback Jacory Harris and Duke senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis share this week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Back of the Week honor to headline a list of ACC Players of the Week, announced today. Both Harris (three) and Lewis (two) have earned Offensive Back of the Week accolades on multiple occasions this season. Lewis…
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The AFP is live at Election ’09. Join editor Chris Graham on today’s Live Blog to share your observations from the polls, your thoughts on the candidates, your predictions on final outcomes and more. Check back throughout the day to follow our live coverage here on the Live Blog and elsewhere at AugustaFreePress.com and VirginiaPoliticsToday.com.
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I explained in a column today on our new sister website, VirginiaPoliticsToday.com, how much I loathe making endorsements. That said, I get it that some of our readers are at the least interested in knowing where I am on local elections, assuming that since I do news and analysis for a living I might have…
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The family of a 20-year-old Virginia Tech junior missing since leaving a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville on Oct. 17 has set up a fund to aid the ongoing search effort. The Find Morgan Fund was announced Monday by Morgan Dana Harrington’s parents, Dan and Gil Harrington.
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This just in to the AFP newsroom – Bob McDonnell can now be projected the winner in the 2009 Virginia governor’s race. OK, most people still have yet to vote, but the writing is on the wall, clearly, with the Republican leading Democrat Creigh Deeds by at least 10 points in the pre-election polls. The…
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