Tagged: Virginia

Deeds is Cooked

I’ve not been blogging about this year’s governor’s race in Virginia, because it has been a bit of a snoozer. After the (minor) dust-up over McDonnell’s thesis, Deeds hasn’t really made much of an...

Mastering A Thesis

So, while a graduate student at an evangelical college and probably already planning his first political campaign, 34-year-old Robert McDonnell wrote a right-wing diatribe on everything from homosexuals to feminism to even sex before...

McDonnell Is NOT Ahead 55-40

As I posted on DailyKOS yesterday, there’s something odd about the SuveryUSA poll for Virginia’s Governor race. Regardless of how you feel about the political environment or how Deeds is approaching the campaign, the...

Creigh Deeds for Governor

Democrats in Virginia will be voting on Tuesday between 3 candidates for Governor in this year’s off-off-year election. The choice is between Terry McAuliffe, former money man for a former president; Brian Moran, brother...

Windmills, Pancake Houses, and Taverns

I visited Colonial Williamsburg this weekend with a friend. The single most surprising thing I discovered there was that the entire town appeared overrun by pancake houses. Seriously! Every other block there was another...

Glenn Nye for Congress

Glenn Nye is running for Congress in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District. He is one of several Democrats under the age of 35 running for Congress as part of what I call a “rising generation”...

Summer Colds Suck

So, it started off as an occassional cough on Tuesday. By Thursday it was a sore throat and frequent coughing (like once every 2 minutes). By Saturday, luckily, most of the coughing was gone...