This Sunday, Democratic Senate challenger Jim Webb is Joel Rubin's guest on On the Record. The conversation will cover the war in Iraq, Webb's writings on women in the military and other topics. On the Record airs Sunday morning at 10:30 am on WVEC.
Category: Virginia
Live blog with Drake Friday TODAY 5:30pm
This Friday, October 20, TODAY incumbent 2nd district Congresswoman Thelma Drake will be here for a live blog. The session will start at 5:30 pm and will run for one hour. Feel free to leave your questions in this thread for the Congresswoman. PLEASE NOTE: If you linked to the prior thread, the link is … Continue reading Live blog with Drake Friday TODAY 5:30pm
Allen’s AA endorsements
I was asked by one of my readers to comment on the recent endorsments received by incumbent Republican Senator George Allen from Richmond's The Voice Newspaper and the National Black Farmers Association. I am not familiar with The Voice so I do not know how much influence the paper has. I did contact some of … Continue reading Allen’s AA endorsements
Reminder: Live Blog with Drake
2nd District Congresswoman Thelma Drake will be here Friday, October 20, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm to answer your questions. Please click here to leave your questions.
Zobgy 10/19/06: Allen 49.7%, Webb 46.7%
From Zogby: George Allen of Virginia, a Republican once thought to be both a good bet for reelection and a possible presidential contender, continues to struggle. The Allen campaign has suffered from a series of missteps late in the summer, but he holds a three-point margin over Democrat Jim Webb, the former Reagan-era Navy Secretary … Continue reading Zobgy 10/19/06: Allen 49.7%, Webb 46.7%
Cato Institute: It’s Not about Same-Sex Marriage
The Cato Institute, a libertarian non-profit public policy research foundation, non-profit public policy research foundation, blogs about the so-called Marriage Amendment in this post. They come to the same conclusions as those of us who are against this amendment: All these journalists are doing the supporters’ work for them. Bans on gay marriage have passed … Continue reading Cato Institute: It’s Not about Same-Sex Marriage
Webb AA outreach
It seems that a lightbulb has gone off at the Jim Webb campaign headquarters. Webb is finally doing something to attract the black vote. His brief appearance at the Norfolk NAACP dinner was his first foray, as far as I can tell, into the community, although he did have other events planned for that day … Continue reading Webb AA outreach
LWV upset over use of debate footage
Apparently, both George Allen and Jim Webb signed an agreement with the League of Women Voters to not use the video from last Monday's League-sponsored debate for campaign purposes. (Note to CBDA: perhaps you could have had the 2nd District candidates sign a similar statement in lieu of the no-taping rule.) It looks as if … Continue reading LWV upset over use of debate footage
Marriage Amendment: A conservative’s opinion
From Letters to the Editor in today's Pilot: Marriage amendment is antithesis of GOP values Like most Virginians who visit the polls this November, I will be voting Republican, but unlike most Republicans I will be voting against the proposed constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage by defining marriage as being between one man and … Continue reading Marriage Amendment: A conservative’s opinion
Read the whole thing and Vote NO
The Washington Post released more of its poll data today, this time on the so-called Marriage Amendment. The data shows that 53% of voters support the amendment with 43% opposed. But: When respondents were read the arguments on both sides of the question, enough voters showed a willingness to reconsider that the gap narrowed to … Continue reading Read the whole thing and Vote NO
