A little video from Thursday's rally
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 REMARKS … Continue reading Obama/Deeds rally in NoVA
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 … Continue reading Creigh Call Quickie: redistricting, uranium mining
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 Poll coming this morning
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. In an article in last week's The Recorder, a newspaper that covers Bath and Highland counties, reporter James Jacenich recounts a … Continue reading Deeds/Cranwell conference call on Mullins statement
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. 21st Century Democrats Endorses Creigh Deeds for Governor of Virginia WASHINGTON, DC – Today, 21st Century Democrats, a leading progressive electoral organization, announced its … Continue reading Deeds garners another 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 Deeds garners NARAL Pro-Choice VA endorsement
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 On Deeds and the black vote
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 What happened?
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 Digesting
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