Category Archives: Terry McAuliffe

What happened?

Thursday, June 11, 2009 – 12:26 pm

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 race [...]

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Digesting

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 – 3:54 pm

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 [...]

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McAuliffe AA lit piece photoshopped?

Monday, June 8, 2009 – 7:30 am

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 unfortunate [...]

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Firefighters upset with McAuliffe

Friday, June 5, 2009 – 9:04 am

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 [...]

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Richmond Crusade for Voters controversy

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 – 8:33 am

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 [...]

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Last debate live now

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 – 2:35 pm

Sorry I’m late posting this. You can watch the last Democratic gubernatorial debate live here

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From someone with no horse in the race

Monday, May 18, 2009 – 10:27 am

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, “on [...]

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Winning in November

Friday, May 15, 2009 – 8:10 am

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 [...]

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