The AP has a story about who is in line to become chairs of the various committees when the Democrats win control of the House of Representatives this fall. The entire cast can best be described as liberal: Only two of 20 earned grades of less than 90 percent on last year's voting records from … Continue reading Congressional chairs to be all liberal?
Category: National
Sampling of gay marriage around the ‘net
Split on gay marriage extends to the White House Seems that the George and Laura don't agree on the proposed amendment to the US Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman: Mrs. Bush has warned that promoting the amendment could backfire against the GOP in congressional races in November. She has … Continue reading Sampling of gay marriage around the ‘net
Reader comment: Miller is the guy
From a comment posted elsewhere on this blog: Sorry for the anonymous post. What I am about to write will make some people upset, and I do not want to have 100 emails in my inbox within the next hour. I live in Fairfax County, and I will be voting for Harris Miller.I am a … Continue reading Reader comment: Miller is the guy
Bloggers over the top?
Fellow Hampton Roads Blogger Bearing Drift has a post written by Paul Goldman, former strategist for the Wilder and Warner gubernatorial campaigns. In it, he questions whether bloggers for Webb have gone too far in their attacks on Miller, so far, in fact, as to actually hurt their candidate: Clearly, by allowing the Bloggers to … Continue reading Bloggers over the top?
“Pro-traditional family” candidate married to 2 women at same time
Obviously, this man believes in the sanctity of marriage: Republican Jim Galley, who is running for Congress as a “pro-traditional family” candidate, was married to two women at the same time, defaulted on his child support payments and has been accused of abuse by one of his ex-wives. [...] Galley is married to his third … Continue reading “Pro-traditional family” candidate married to 2 women at same time
AIAW: Won’t support Miller in general
Anonymous is a Woman has posted a lengthy missive about why she will not support Harris Miller in the general election, mostly based on a recent Miller mailer, shown below (click to enlarge). She says: This is the ad that burns any bridge back to party unity because it's the ad that declares that Miller … Continue reading AIAW: Won’t support Miller in general
Washington Post: Miller our choice
The Washington Post today endorsed Democratic Senate hopeful Harris Miller over Jim Webb in the upcoming June 13 primary: Some Democrats have convinced themselves that only a candidate with Mr. Webb's résumé and panache stands a chance of knocking off incumbent Sen. George Allen, a Republican with a daunting track record of electoral success. But … Continue reading Washington Post: Miller our choice
Kellam: No to debate
Rep. Thelma Drake's campaign is saying that Democratic challenger Phil Kellam backed out of a schedule debate, which was to be broadcast on Christian radio station WYRM. According to Drake's campaign, Kellam withdrew from an appearance scheduled for Saturday on WYRM-AM after learning that Drake would be included. [...] Charles Kelly, who directs Kellam's campaign, … Continue reading Kellam: No to debate
VP: War experience central to campaign
The Virginian-Pilot has its profile on Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb today. Like yesterday's piece on Harris Miller, this one is more candidate quotes and little substance. The one thing they did talk about was Webb's recent re-conversion to the Democratic party and his past writings regarding women and affirmative action. “I realized that the … Continue reading VP: War experience central to campaign
Senate race: Financial reports
According to this report, incumbent Senator George Allen raised slightly more than $1 million for the reporting period 4/1 thru 5/24 and had approximately $7.5 million on hand. For the same period, Jim Webb raised about $294,000, spent about $278,000 and had about $222,000 on hand. Harris Miller raised $200,000 plus $500,000 of his own … Continue reading Senate race: Financial reports
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