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A new Washington Post poll out Monday night has Republican Bob McDonnell with a commanding 11-point lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds with a week and a day to go to the Nov. 3 election. The Post poll of likely voters has McDonnell at 55 percent and Deeds at 44 percent. The lead has grown two…
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James Madison’s men’s basketball team was predicted to finish fifth in the 2009-10 Colonial Athletic Association race in a poll released during the conference’s preseason media day at the ESPN Zone Tuesday. The Dukes are coming off a 21-15 season a year ago and return four starters and eight lettermen. Among the returnees is sophomore…
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You don’t need to go as far as gay marriage. A candidate can win the support of the LGBT community by advocating legislation that would allow employees to include gay and lesbian partners in group life-insurance policies. Indeed, it doesn’t take much to break through what Jay Fisette, the Arlington County Board of Supervisors member…
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Sally Thomas knew well the conventional wisdom about write-in campaigns – “which is that a write-in candidate can’t win.” But Thomas and a group of friends opposing the planned Route 29 Western Bypass decided that it was worth the fight. “A bunch of us decided that somebody had to step forward and try to run,”…
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Is the nine-point Bob McDonnell lead in Thursday’s Washington Post poll insurmountable? Yes and no. And the yes and no both hinge on one factor. Looking at the poll internals, one thing jumps out at me. More than half the voters surveyed, 56 percent, feel that Creigh Deeds is running a negative campaign. (As I…
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The Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney has dropped charges brought against four Latino men who were arrested for loitering while merely standing on a public sidewalk near their apartment complex in Manassas. The ACLU of Virginia, which represents the four men, argued that the charges should be dismissed because the ordinance -which makes it illegal…
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You get together with friends for a neighborly supper. Whether fancy or simple, it’s a pleasant evening. Then, while folks are savoring their ham biscuits, two fellow diners get going hot and heavy on some issue or another—politics, religion, or perhaps most controversial of all, local football. One starts yelling at the other, without kidding,…
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Between now and Election Day, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP will be distributing informational cards describing voters’ rights at the polls. Available free in small or large numbers to civic groups, non-profit organizations, individuals and political campaigns (regardless of affiliation), the 2009 Virginia Voters’ Rights…
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A question about 20th District Democrat Erik Curren’s religious beliefs was a highlight of the debate between Curren and Republican Dickie Bell on WSVA-550 Monday morning. The question came from a caller to the live 11 a.m. interview who said he wanted to know what Curren’s “religious persuasion” is. A similar issue was raised earlier…
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Thursday, Oct. 1 MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Let me give you a couple quick announcements before we start. The President will make some remarks at approximately 3:05 p.m. this afternoon about the recently concluded meeting with the P5-plus-1 dealing with Iran. That again, 3:05 p.m. this afternoon. And then I wanted to just go through…
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