Eleven months outside of Virginia’s U.S. Senate election George Allen is already relying on false TV ads sponsored by Karl Rove’s extreme right-wing group Crossroads GPS to mislead voters in the Commonwealth. Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, also known as Crossroads GPS, is a secretly-funded 501(c)(4) conservative political group created in June 2010 by right-wing political
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Just in case you needed more motivation about volunteering and getting others out to vote, see this new video below from VPAP (VPAP.org – Virginia Public Access Project).   

How about some good talking points and getting fired up too. Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Senate candidate in Massachusetts (elizabethwarren.com) and former White House financial reform adviser, blasted Republicans at an appearance in Andover in August for accusing Democrats of engaging in “class warfare.” See the video below or click here. For the Huffington Post story,
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Bob McDonnell (Bobs4Bob.com) has amassed the most extreme Republican ticket in history to help him move his agenda down the field. Here’s a look at McDonnell and the 2011 GOP Lineup. See the video below or click here. This November 8th we can preserve our Democratic majority in the Virginia Senate, pick up seats in
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DFA (Democracy for America) just released the ‘Don’t Kill the Dream‘ campaign identifying 10 steps to get our economy back on track and restore the American Dream – giving everyday Americans talking points about how supporting Democrats moves us in that direction. A new 60-second television ad released by Democracy for America targets Republicans for
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This is what Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin call a ‘gotcha’ moment, what the rest of us call a moment of truth, a real insight into the unvarnished truth of a person’s thoughts. On Thursday at the Iowa State Fair, Mitt Romney’s soapbox moment surely epitomized a common theme among Republican thinking that, “Corporations are
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The Board of Supervisors adopted a final redistricting plan at its April 26 meeting, and the U.S. Attorney General notified the county on June 20 that its plan completed the required review under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 without objections. Therefore, the primary and general elections will be conducted using the
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You’ve got to see this video from DPVA and share it!

Videos (courtesy of The Brigades) from the rally (rally details) on Saturday at the George Mason Campus in Arlington. Photos on Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook (courtesy of Catherine Read, a social media consultant working with individual professionals, businesses, non-profits, associations and political candidates; providing one-on-consulting, workshops, seminars and keynote presentations). “Citizens United” – the January
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150 supporters gathered at the Mason Inn and Conference Center on Sunday to cheer on Sharon Bulova in her 2011 re-election campaign. See the video below or click here.