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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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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] We were getting it even before we heard that Exxon-Mobil was reporting a record second-quarter profit. Recent polling done by Rasmussen Reports and AAA Mid-Atlantic shows that Americans think that we should focus our efforts on excessive futures-market speculation as we approach solutions to high prices at the pump. Forty-seven…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] The talk about Tim Kaine being on Barack Obama’s VP short list is no accident. Just look at the timing. That’s what has Christopher Newport University political-science professor Quentin Kidd thinking there’s more to the firestorm of coverage on this short-list news than maybe meets the eye. “There are two…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Fear and Loathing is bigger than one person. I’ve been coming to realize this lately, but it hit home last night with a phone call about who was seen eating dinner with whom at a local restaurant. “Frank, Tim and Bruce are at Ciro’s,” I…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro second baseman Brandon Sizemore had another solid week as the Generals completed their run at the Valley League Southern Division crown. Sizemore, named one of the league’s players of the week for the final week of the regular season, hit .444 with two homers and 10 RBI. The College…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Two-time reigning NASCAR Sprint champion Jimmie Johnson will be in Virginia on Thursday to promote the September Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway as the cohost of “The Final Round” with Wes McElroy on Sports Radio 910. Johnson will join McElroy and a Yorktown fan, Lesley Ramey,…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] If Barack Obama was to go strictly by the positive numbers, he’d have John Edwards making a second run at the job of second most powerful person in the free world. A Rasmussen Reports survey released on Monday showed that the former North Carolina senator and 2004 Democratic Party vice-presidential…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] Even grading on a curve, Shenandoah Valley legislators didn’t score well on the Virginia League of Conservation Voters annual Legislative Conservation Scorecard released yesterday. The scorecard, based on a series of votes on conservation issues in the 2008 Virginia General Assembly session tracked by the League, rated each of the…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Democratic Party lieutenant-governor nomination candidate Jon Bowerbank is busy assembling his staff for his ’09 run. Bowerbank announced yesterday that he has retained the Northern Virginia-based Maverick Strategies to serve in an advisory role to his campaign. Members of the Maverick firm include Jessica Vanden Berg, who managed Jim Webb’s…
