Creigh Deeds
ICYMI: Joe Abbey is Deeds’ campaign manager
Larry Sabato, who considers himself quite the political pundit, first tweeted then went on record as saying that the Deeds campaign was shaking up its staff. In particular, Sabato wrote: Thirty-something wunderkind Joe Abbey, Deeds’ manager for his upset June primary victory, has been shunted aside. Sabato was wrong. (Surprise!) The campaign held a conference … Continue reading
Jeff gets it
Check out this video from Jeff Schapiro of the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Stop the madness
Aren’t there any grownups at the DPVA or on the Deeds campaign? It appears not. Whoever the idiot is that is feeding pictures and other information to Ben Tribbett needs to stop – now. In case you haven’t noticed, all that such behavior does is come back to bite the Deeds campaign in the rear.
Women Choose Deeds event in NoVA Monday
Received via email: Monday Aug 10 10:30 AM Ernst Community Cultural Center NOVA Annandale 8333 Little River Turnpike Annandale, Va 22003 Please come to this event if you can (men welcome as beloved allies), or if you’re not in the area, please sign up to get news from the Deeds campaign and find out what’s … Continue reading
Obama/Deeds rally in NoVA part 2
A little video from Thursday’s rally
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
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
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
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.
Deeds garners another endorsement
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds has received the endorsement of 21st Century Democrats, an organization devoted to building a network of progressive Democrats. The entire press release is below the fold.
Deeds garners NARAL Pro-Choice VA endorsement
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds has received the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia’s PAC. The endorsement is not unexpected. After Saturday’s debate, Deeds’ campaign manager Joe Abbey said: One of the starkest differences in the debate today was on a woman’s right to choose. Every voter in Virginia deserves to know that Bob McDonnell opposes … Continue reading
On Deeds and the black vote
There is a meme developing in the gubernatorial race regarding Democratic candidate Creigh Deeds. It seems that the talking heads – none of which, I might add, are black – have decided that Deeds has a “problem” with black voters. They cite as evidence three things: Deeds’ performance in the primary Sheila Johnson’s endorsement of … Continue reading
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