Archive for August 2009
Obama/Deeds rally in NoVA
I wasn’t able to attend the Obama/Deeds rally in NoVA Thursday evening but Kenton Ngo was there and has his thoughts up. The best I can do is provide the remarks given by President Obama and our next governor, Creigh Deeds, both of which are below the fold. Image courtesy of New Dominion Project
Bruce Smith Hall of Fame induction Saturday
Norfolk native Bruce Smith, a resident of Virginia Beach, will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday. Smith, the NFL’s all-time sack leader, played 19 seasons in the NFL. He was elected to the Hall in his first year of eligibility. Smith graduated from Norfolk’s Booker T. Washington High School and Virginia … Continue reading
Friday fun: your political views
My Political Views I am a left social libertarian Left: 5.05, Libertarian: 4.31 Political Spectrum Quiz My Foreign Policy Views Score: -5.25 Political Spectrum Quiz My Culture War Stance Score: -5.72 Political Spectrum Quiz h/t The Richmonder
Kaine grants conditional pardons to 3 of Norfolk 4
I’m still listening to Governor Kaine’s press conference via telephone but just received his press release on this via email. In the release, the governor granted conditional pardons to the four former sailors who were convicted in the rape and murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko. Four ex-sailors who served together in Norfolk during the late 1990’s … Continue reading
I saw a delegate candidate
I attended Norfolk’s National Night Out celebration Tuesday evening. Saw a lot of people there that I hadn’t seen in a while. The church where we gathered was literally overflowing with people – so much so that a lot of folks gathered outside, listening to the events inside over the loudspeakers. After the program, it … Continue reading
Creigh Call Quickie: redistricting, uranium mining
I got a chance to chat with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds a bit ago. He’s in the midst of his Deeds Country tour and I got tired just listening to all the stops he’s making as well as those coming up In our brief phone call, we talked about two issues: redistricting and uranium … Continue reading
PPP: Few Obama’s voters disapprove
From the Public Policy Polling blog: It was the first time we’ve cross tested his approval ratings against respondents’ self reported 2008 vote and we found that only 5% of people who voted for him disapprove of the job he’s doing, equal to the 5% who didn’t vote for him that do approve of the … Continue reading
More polling numbers from PPP
Public Policy Polling has released more data from its Virginia poll, which, if you didn’t see yesterday, is available in this pdf. In today’s release, PPP looks at the approval ratings of President Barack Obama, Governor Tim Kaine and Senator Mark Warner. Only the latter maintains his approval rating. Obama is at 42%, down from … Continue reading
ICYMI: From around Hampton Roads
Conviction overturned. Dustin Turner, convicted of murder in 1995 but who has steadfastly proclaimed his innocence, had his conviction overturned. A three-judge panel of the VA Supreme Court voted 2-1. Whether this will be appealed to the full court remains to the seen. Turner remains in jail. DPVA FOIAs records on Hamilton/ODU. The Democratic Party … Continue reading
Poll coming this morning
And it’s not going to be pretty. Public Policy Polling will be releasing around 11am today the results of its latest poll in the governor’s race. We know from Tweets that the poll is going to show Deeds behind McDonnell by more than the 6 points the last poll showed. Will it be as high … Continue reading
Right-wing harassment detailed in memo
Think Progress has a copy of the memo detailing the strategy of organizers who show up at various townhall meetings of Congressional representatives. The plan: harass the hell out of them. – Artificially Inflate Your Numbers: “Spread out in the hall and try to be in the front half. The objective is to put the … Continue reading
Deeds/Cranwell conference call on Mullins statement
Just finished participating in a conference call with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds and DPVA chair Dickie Cranwell. The purpose of the call was to discuss the outrageous statement by RPV chair Pat Mullins.
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