Apr 26
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending a fundraiser for Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), the first Chinese-American woman elected to Congress. The fundraiser was organized by the Democratic Asian Americans of Virginia at the home of Fairfax County (Dranesvil...
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Apr 25
Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, April 25. *Schapiro: Allen does for foes what they can't *McDonnell, Kaine spar over funding for Dulles Rail *Poll: Kaine-Allen race remains a dead heat *Kaine: Congress Sh...
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Apr 23
Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 23. *Mitt Romney's secrets *Jon Huntsman Trashes GOP, Expresses Campaign Regrets ("Former Republican presidential candidate compares his party to Communist China. Says R...
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Apr 13
Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 12. *McDonnell's wise move on Virginia's voter ID bill (Agreed for the most part, although why not go all the way and veto this "obnoxious bill, championed by Republican...
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Apr 12
For background on this story, see the Too Conservative blog, where "Loudoun Insider" writes: I've been a big fan of Frank Wolf since he became my Congressman. A huge part of that has been the fact that he has been as scandal proof as any Congressman ha...
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Apr 10
I was discussing the 8th CD petitions situation with fellow Democrats yesterday, and was 100% expecting this reaction by the Shuttleworth campaign (alleging "pathetic, smoke-filled backroom, Tammany Hall corruption" in the local Democratic Party). The ...
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Apr 09
First he was off, now he's back on again. I'm talking about 8th CD Democratic challenger Bruce Shuttleworth, who the Alexandria News reports has now been certified to appear on the June 12 primary ballot against Rep. Jim Moran. According to the Alexand...
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Apr 07
Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, April 7. Also, check out President Obama's Easter and Passover greetings (can't wait to hear Republicans criticize him for being...what? too religious? not religious enough?...
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Apr 06
Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 6. Also, check out that headline about Romney using an exception to ethics laws to avoid disclosing where his money's invested "or if those holdings could affect his pol...
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Apr 04
Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, April 4. *Triple win bolsters Romney's case to GOP *Independent Voters Brighten On The Economy (See graph above, courtesy of TPM; bad news for Willard and other Republicans...
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Apr 03
I just got off a press conference call with Kaine campaign manager Mike Henry and senior advisor Mo Elleithee, regarding "the state of the U.S. Senate race...Tim Kaine's strong first quarter fundraising numbers, challenges ahead for the Republican cont...
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Apr 03
Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, April 3. *Kaine will report $2.2 million raised, $4.4 million on hand in April FEC 1st quarter filings *Goal: Virginia budget by weekend *New Obama ad hitting Mitt Romney air...
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Mar 28
Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 28. Oh, and again, congratulations to Libby Garvey, who will be sworn in later today as a member of the Arlington County Board! (photo courtesy of Clifford's Photogra...
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Mar 25
Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 25. *Rising concern on climate change ("the only energy debate America seems capable of having during this election year revolves around whom to blame for higher gas pri...
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Mar 22
Here are a few Virginia news headlines for Thursday, March 22. Also, check out the video mocking Willard for being the "Etch-a-Sketch" candidate. What a doofus. *One sketchy candidate ("Another victory, another gaffe from Romney.") *Anger over shooting...
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