On the occasion of President Obama’s speech, the Republican leadership decided they and President Bush should get more credit, especially for the surge in troops that was supposed to lead to an Iraqi government and hasn’t.

The centerpiece of Bob McDonnell’s transportation plan is the privatization of the State’s ABC stores (Washington Post, 7.21.2009), but even when it was proposed it was an idea begging for merit. In two columns today, in the Washington Post and Richmond Times-Dispatch, the ABC privatization notion under further scrutiny looks increasinly less and less palatable. Honestly this is no
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We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, now you get mad!? You didn’t get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President. You didn’t get mad when Cheney allowed energy company officials to dictate energy policy. You didn’t get mad when a covert CIA operative got “outed.” You didn’t
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LBJ called it the most powerful tool ever devised by man to break down the walls of injustice and I’m surprised we don’t use it more than we do.  The word VOTE is our greatest weapon because when people come out to vote, the people win.  When people don’t vote, we lose to the oil
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In an effort to deflect all that Virginia Republicans have done in their well known and even prideful attempts to thwart forward movement in the business of the Commonwealth, they are now taking aim at the outgoing, single-term (the Governor only serves a single 4-year term) notably successful Tim Kaine, hoping to confuse voters this
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As primary day in the Commonwealth rapidly approaches, I wanted to reach out to residents of Lee and Mt. Vernon Districts and let them know who I will be casting my vote for on June 9th in the Lieutenant Governor’s race.  We are lucky to have two outstanding candidates in the Democratic primary.  Jody Wagner,
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Warner, Webb, Kaine, Obama – a most excellent string of triumphs. Sit back and let the good times finally roll again. The planet will be renewed, the reputation of our country will be restored, civil rights and the Constitution will be upheld. But wait … On the horizon there is a hum, a buzz, a
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What? Here is the “new” approach to challenging Democratic candidates, and of all things it’s being proposed by the Washington Post (Saturday, March 7, 2009; Editorial A-12 ‘For Fairfax County Supervisor’). Running as a Democrat is ok, but beware if you could be another ‘yes’ vote along with a Democratic majority in the body you
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Commentary: February 15th by Henry Tieleman (HWTieleman@AOL.COM) in his newsletter "Democracy Prevails". The rationale for the economic stimulus bill, “the American Recovery and reinvestment Act,” was initially intended for those of the population that lived without much income or had lost their home due to foreclosure. The unemployment rate is now at 7.6% and climbing.
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Or … Pat Herrity’s Interesting Relationship with the Truth Why Sharon She has chaired the Board of Supervisors’ budget committee for 17 years. As chair, Sharon has worked behind the scenes to craft a county budget that works and balances the needs of the county’s many different constituencies. This is not an easy job –
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