More on Obama-Kaine speculation

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Barack Obama is spending the day on Wednesday in Virginia, then is spending the night that night in Richmond, according to a report on the Washington Post Virginia Politics blog yesterday. You could say that this is fueling speculation about the announcement that is expected to come on Wednesday or…

The car tax as a Senate voting issue

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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] “Since my time as your governor,” Jim Gilmore writes in a fundraising letter that went out last week, “I have routinely been vilified by the biased liberal media, by the state Democratic Party and even by the liberal tax-and-spend members of my own party. Why? Because I promised…

UVa. ready to name starter at QB?

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] One Groh says we could know as early as Wednesday who will take the first snap as Virginia’s starting quarterback against Southern Cal on Aug. 30. The Groh who will ultimately make the call isn’t there yet – publicly, anyway. “We’ll see what the next two days bring. As I’ve…

Kaine addresses lawmakers on budget shortfall

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Everything is on the table, Gov. Tim Kaine told state legislators today as the two sides began to address a projected billion-dollar shortfall in the current biennial state budget. “The need to engage in a third major round of budget reductions will mean, by necessity, that all programs — including…

Augusta, Staunton, Waynesboro Dems Paint the Valley Blue

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Creigh Deeds remembered being asked to save the date on his schedule. “David Bottenfield said we needed to mark off this date, the 16th of August, for Paint the Valley Blue, that we were going to have a little picnic at the Frontier Culture Museum,” Deeds said at last night’s…

Poll numbers, even parsed, not looking good in Fifth, Sixth

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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] On first glance, it’s pretty damning. Democrat Sam Rasoul in the Sixth District is trailing Republican Bob Goodlatte by a 2-1 margin, and it’s worse than that for Tom Perriello over in the Fifth, which is surprising given the recent decision of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to put its…