Terry McAuliffe
TMac on economic growth
Once-and-future Democratic candidate for governor, Terry McAuliffe, shared the op-ed page of The Virginian-Pilot with me today with this article on economic growth. Interesting that the newspaper didn’t identify him that way Equally interesting to note is that a 2013 gubernatorial candidate doesn’t rate a link in the VPAP clips. (Yes, I’m going to keep … Continue reading
What happened?
In the waning days and weeks of the primary campaign, it was clear to me that my candidate, Brian Moran, was in trouble. I was heartened by some information I received from a friend Monday afternoon who concluded: For all the polls and hype, according to the historical trends, this ought to still be Brian’s … Continue reading
Digesting
I’m still digesting the events of yesterday. In the meantime, here are some thoughts from a friend of mine: At the end of the day, the lesson from this campaign ought to be (a) know you’re base, (b) know your opponent’s base, and (c) secure your base while making your opponent fight for his. Creigh … Continue reading
McAuliffe AA lit piece photoshopped?
Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s campaign distributed a piece of literature in African American communities throughout Hampton Roads Sunday that appears to contain a photoshopped image of McAuliffe and President Barack Obama. See for yourself. (Click to enlarge. Or take a look at this pdf.) We’ve seen the effect of this type of thing before. The … Continue reading
Firefighters upset with McAuliffe
In a press release Thursday, the Virginia State Firefighters Association takes exception with gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s claim of support of Virginia firefighters, calling the claim “misleading.” The group, which represents 13,000 firefighters, is separate from the much smaller union of paid firefighters which has endorsed McAuliffe. The VSFA has not endorsed in the primary … Continue reading
Richmond Crusade for Voters controversy
I was a wee bit busy when the announcement was made of the endorsement of Terry McAuliffe by the Richmond Crusade for Voters. I did see that Sen. Henry Marsh, a long-time member of the historic black organization and a supporter of Creigh Deeds, was upset by the vote, as pointed out by the Richmond … Continue reading
Last debate live now
Sorry I’m late posting this. You can watch the last Democratic gubernatorial debate live here
From someone with no horse in the race
Ryan Nobles of NBC12 has this to say about the negative tone of the gubernatorial race (emphasis mine): But since we are on the topic let’s set the record straight. All three of the democratic candidates for governor have been negative at one point or another. It comes in many different forms: radio-ads, blog posts, … Continue reading
Winning in November
One of the things that I have mentioned repeatedly on this blog is the history of Virginia electing a governor from the party opposite that of the president. No one really knows the exact reason for this, but many suspect that it has something to do with how tough the first year of a new … Continue reading
5 businesses = zero jobs
I got the email late last night from the McAuliffe campaign which alerted me to the Washington Post article that appeared in today’s paper. The thing in the article that jumped out at me was this: And at a candidates’ forum in December, in response to Moran’s claim to be the only candidate who had … Continue reading
Debate watch
You can watch tonight’s debate live here.
VEA forum on TV tonight
Hampton Roads residents who were unable to attend last week’s VEA gubernatorial forum will be able to watch it on TV tonight. WHRO, the local public TV station, will be airing the forum in which all four candidates for governor – Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrats Creigh Deeds, Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran – appeared. … Continue reading
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