Category: Local

Bipartisan experiment

Reproduced in yesterday's Virginian-Pilot was this Washington Post op-ed by Lanny Davis. Imagine this scenario: The country is so deeply divided that the media have color-coded the map of the United States to indicate the partisan chasm -- one color covers the South and most of the border states, the other drenches the North. As … Continue reading Bipartisan experiment →

SOTU Speech & Webb response parties

Tomorrow President Bush will give his State of the Union address. The Democratic response will be provided by Virginia's junior senator, Jim Webb. Webb supporters throughout Hampton Roads will be gathering to watch. When: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 8:30pm Where: Three locations in Hampton Roads Norfolk The New Belmont 2117 Colonial Ave Norfolk, VA … Continue reading SOTU Speech & Webb response parties →

2-0

The Super Bowl is set between my picks for the conference champions, the AFC Indianapolis Colts and the NFC Chicago Bears. The Colts win was record-setting, with them having come back from an 18-point deficit. Peyton Manning and the team made the adjustments at half-time that I hoped they would. They ended up scoring 30+ … Continue reading 2-0 →

Another view on the apology

I received the following via email from Pat Morton, a long-time resident of Norfolk. With her permission, I share her perspective with you. I have lots of stuff going on in my head about this. I don't know if I've ever told you this, but at 54 years old I am old enough to remember … Continue reading Another view on the apology →

Another VAYD nomination

I have recently learned that there is another young blogger under the age of 18 in the Virginia political blogosphere. Johnny Camacho is 17. So add him to my nominations for VAYD Blogger of the Year. Oh - and in case you missed it, the Ditzy Dems have selected the OBOTY 😆

My picks: AFC & NFC champions

I was unavailable to participate in the last Bearing Drift podcast so I figured I'd better get my picks up before the games start. Remember, last weekend I went 3-1 😉 My picks this week: AFC - Both the Colts and the Patriots bring identical 14-4 records into this game, which is being played at … Continue reading My picks: AFC & NFC champions →

Richardson: I’m in, too

Another day, another candidate forms an exploratory committee. This time, it's New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. The more, the merrier, I guess. Richardson has a website where you can view his video.

HB2852: Putting the breaks on out-of-state PACs

Delegate Brian Moran (D-46) has introduced legislation that would curb the number of out-of-state PACs using Virginia's lax campaign finance laws. HB2852 would require that the primary purpose of the PACs be to influence non-federal elections in Virginia. According to this article, Virginia is only one of five states that puts no limits on campaign … Continue reading HB2852: Putting the breaks on out-of-state PACs →