My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. In it, I took a look back at the last time there was a suit involving a gubernatorial veto: the 1996 George Allen case. The circumstances were striking similar: a governor of one party facing a legislature of another. What goes around comes around. Although … Continue reading ICYMI: Assembly history seems poised to repeat itself
Yesterday, the campaign of Mark Warner announced the support of women from across the Commonwealth. The list includes elected and former elected officials, activists and ordinary women who support Warner's re-election. You can add your name to the list here. Warner faces Republican Ed Gillespie in November.
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. The resignation of Puckett, followed by the defeat of Cantor and then the passage of a budget all happened in one week. Today, we await the governor's action on the budget. One thing for sure: Virginia politics is never boring. Whatever the governor does is … Continue reading ICYMI: Virginia’s full week of electoral aftershocks
A few things that caught my eye: Justice looking into Puckett mess. You had to know this was coming. After Phil Hamilton and Bob McDonnell, Virginia pols are in the sights of the U.S. Justice Department. Now-departed Virginian-Pilot reporter Julian Walker first mentioned this ten days ago. https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/476192935911120897 In the budget: ODU stadium mandate dropped. … Continue reading Quick hits 06/19/14
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot last Thursday. Every postmortem I've read about the defeat of Eric Cantor - and there are far too many to reference - has ultimately concluded the same thing: Cantor was no longer in touch with his district. How did that happen? As I wrote: Cantor lost … Continue reading ICYMI: The problem with candidate Cantor
All along, the idea of a "clean budget" was BS. What unfolded last night in the Virginia Senate was further proof. https://twitter.com/LVozzella/status/477271742046420992 https://twitter.com/AdamEbbin/status/477274896527925248 The only thing "clean" about this budget is that Senate Democrats got their clocks cleaned. You can trace the failure back to redistricting. Senate Democrats drew lines that cost them seats. As … Continue reading A clean budget? Um, no
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot on May 29. (Obviously, I've been a little busy in the interim.) It was the final installment of a three-part series on why I think moving local elections to November is a bad idea. (Part 1, on money, is here. Part 2, on people, is here.) … Continue reading ICYMI: Making time for elections
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot last Thursday. It is the second of a three-part series on why I think the move to November for local elections is a bad idea. (Part 1 is here.) In this article, I look at another important element of successful campaigns: people. There's no doubt that … Continue reading ICYMI: Limited resources for local candidates
It's been a really, really busy week. A few things that have caught my eye in between everything: NYT: "Who Gets to Graduate?" - Income, it seems, is a pretty good predictor. VP: "Virginia GOP executive under state investigation" - This will be interesting to watch. WP: "How gerrymandered is your district?" - At 79.26, … Continue reading Quick hits 5/23/14
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. This is the first of a three-part series on why the move to November for local elections - always a topic of discussion after the low turnout of May elections - is a bad idea. After referencing how we got to May elections in the first place, … Continue reading ICYMI: The pitfalls of November elections, part 1
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