Earlier today, 5th CD Democrats held several caucuses to select delegates to their nominating convention scheduled for May 19. The remaining caucuses will be held this coming Monday. Around 1:30 pm this afternoon, I received the following email from th... »
I just received the following press release from the Virginia Women's Strike Force. By the way, the reason THIS story matters is that Bill Howell is the Speaker of the House of Virginia - a powerful, high-ranking position of authority. This is in stark... »
I'm just back from a Tim Kaine rally in downtown Charlottesville. Some photos follow at the bottom, but a few quick words about the rally. Looked to like about 250-300 people were, and the crown was pretty enthusiastic. In other words, a pretty good tu... »
Stunning and terrible news today from the Norfolk City Democratic Committee:Long-time member and always devoted Democrat, Maria LoPresto passed away last night. She had gone to take care of her ailing mother in Charlottesville when she died. Details of... »
Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 1. *Jeff E. Schapiro: Another headache McDonnell doesn't need *Civil Liberties: Claire-ity at the ACLU *Liberals should yield on Silver Line labor issue (How on earth is... »
Today the United States Supreme Court began hearing arguments on the challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in what is being called one of the most important cases in the history of the court. All across Virginia, residents who st... »
The Video ********************** Andy Schmookler is running for Congress in the 6th Congressional District of Virginia, challenging the incumbent Congressman, Bob Goodlatte. An award-winning author, political commentator, radio talk-show host, and tea... »
Unfortunately, in the world of politics, in order to win you have to drag yourself into the mud with your opponent. Former Virginia governor Tim Kaine appears to have done just that as the New Virginia PAC was created for the U.S. Senate hopeful Kaine ... »
Gotta love it: In a matchup between the two former governors running for U.S. Senate, [Tim] Kaine leads [George] Allen by a margin of 59.3 percent to 40.7 percent among voters with a preferred candidate in the city of Charlottesville and five Central V... »
We win by fighting for the American people, with truth as the weapon. Andy Schmookler is running for Congress in the 6th Congressional District of Virginia, challenging the incumbent Congressman, Bob Goodlatte. An award-winning author, political comme... »
Please feel free to use this as an open thread to discuss today's Republican't primaries in Virginia (yawn) and elsewhere. Are you feeling the Mitt-mentum? How about some "surging Santorum?" Newt Gingrich's gigantic exploding head? Or, perhaps you're i... »
The recent dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the GOP-led redistricting of Virginia's congressional seats has Democrats in Central Virginia scrambling to adjust their campaigns to the new boundaries. In the 7th District, candidates who had been court... »
How hard can it be to refrain from saying some version of "I'm really rich and I've got nothing in common with you?" You've probably heard about at least some of this strange series of comments from Romney that seem to step into the same politically to... »
My thanks to Chris Graham of the Augusta Free Press for making this video of me, talking about climate change, as part of an interview of me he conducted in Waynesboro on February 15. Andy Schmookler is running for Congress in the 6th Congressional Dis... »
Of the ongoing spectacle of today's Republican Party, Robert Reich writes: "In parliamentary systems of government, small groups representing loony fringes can be absorbed relatively harmlessly into adult governing coalitions. But here, as we're seeing... »
