Lots of moving parts today, among them: Herring wins Virginian-Pilot endorsement. Yep. The one statewide race where I made a prediction. In case you were wondering, Obenshain is the second coming of Cuccinelli - plus more. Democratic strategist Dave "Mudcat" Saunders is backing Cuccinelli. While not as big of a deal as the Boyd Marcus … Continue reading Quick hits 9/10/13
One of the fun things I do regularly on this blog is to predict who The Virginian-Pilot will endorse in upcoming elections. I usually have plenty of time, as the newspaper is often pretty late in releasing their endorsements. Not this year. Roughly six weeks ahead of the time frame of the 2009 gubernatorial endorsement, … Continue reading Predictions on Pilot … ah nevermind 😦
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. Perhaps it sounds like a frivolous topic but the discussion paper (pdf) that prompted it was anything but. The power of the medium has changed the way politics is done. When I joined Twitter, it was because I wanted a way to quickly report on … Continue reading ICYMI: Navigating a tweet stream
At his picnic Monday, Rep. Bobby Scott started his remarks with a remembrance of his older brother, Scotty, who died a couple of weeks ago. NEWPORT NEWS - Charles Waldo Scott, Jr., known to friends and family as "Scotty," was born in Washington, DC on October 30, 1945 and passed on August 18, 2013 The … Continue reading Video: Rep. Scott speaks of brother
Rep. Bobby Scott held his 37th Annual Labor Day Picnic Monday. There were so many electeds, former electeds and candidates in attendance that even Scott, who introduced each one by name, had trouble tracking them all. It took him about 10 minutes to get through all of the names. After the intros, the three Democratic … Continue reading Video: Rep. Scott 37th Annual Labor Day Picnic
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. The start of school - both as a student and an instructor - got me thinking about how education and politics are intertwined. Not that that is anything new: education is very much shaped by politics - and vice versa. I've written a many column … Continue reading ICYMI: Hiding under the banner of accountability
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. The president will give a speech this afternoon, one which he admits will not measure up to that given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And one which many Americans will not witness personally, because it will be given in the middle of an afternoon … Continue reading Jaded
Don't you just love Virginia's every-year elections? No down time for voters here. With eyes barely focused on this November's elections, the 2014 elections are already starting. Scott Rigell, the Republican representative in the 2nd Congressional District, will face a Democratic challenger, and unless someone else steps up, that challenger will be Suzanne Patrick. The … Continue reading Rigell has a challenger
Donald Luzzatto, editorial page editor at The Virginian-Pilot, penned an article for yesterday's paper in which he noted that he will be de-emphasizing incumbency as he evaluates candidates for endorsement this fall. A bent toward incumbency isn't by any means new. It has been a factor in Virginian-Pilot editorial page endorsements for a long time, … Continue reading One editorial board member’s shift in priorities
Been so long since I put up one of these but it's not because I haven't run across some fun things to do; rather, it's been a lack of time. So how about two of them? First up: Back to School! This is a sample of questions on the 2013 New York State math tests, … Continue reading Friday fun: a two-fer
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