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McCain sweeps the Potomac primaries

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 12, 2008 · Comments (4)

This according to CNN. The polls closed in Maryland less than 30 minutes ago. Because of these results I expect much weeping and gnashing of teeth from certain quarters. Huckabee isn't going to get the GOP nomination nor anyone else but John McCain. Will MES crowd vote, however reluctantly for... [Full Story]

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A great day for Obama

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 12, 2008

He swept today's primaries- WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has won the Democratic presidential primary in the District of Columbia, adding it to victories in Maryland and Virginia. That makes it eight straight triumphs for him since Super Tuesday over Hillary Rodham Clinton. I predicted earlier this year that Hillary would... [Full Story]

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Va. lawmaker wants to ban trailer hitch testicles

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 15, 2008 · Comments (6)

Who said our politicians don't have balls? From AP- RICHMOND, Va. - Drive in Virginia with outsized rubber replica testicles dangling from your trailer hitch and face a fine under a bill before the General Assembly. Taste and even decency notwithstanding, Del. Lionel Spruill introduced the bill Tuesday as a... [Full Story]

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GOP wins House elections in OH, VA

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 12, 2007

Republican candidates won both special elections for House seats yesterday. Josh Kraushaar reports at The Politico: Republicans retained two open House seats in special elections Tuesday, including a hotly contested Ohio race that the two parties spent nearly $700,000 trying to win. * * * * * State legislator Bob... [Full Story]

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Mark Warner to seek VA Senate seat

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 13, 2007

Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner, who withdrew early from the presidential race, will seek the Democratic nomination to replace retiring Republican Senator John Warner, reports Larry O'Dell for the Associated Press: Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, once considered a potential candidate for president, announced Thursday he will run for the... [Full Story]

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Virginia Senate: Cantor bandwagon?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 3, 2007 · Comments (13)

With the retirement of Virginia Senator John Warner, the jockeying has already begun for the Republican nomination to replace him. Former Governor Jim Gilmore and Rep. Tom Davis are expected to compete, but another name was proposed by Patrick Ruffini at Townhall.com: Conventional wisdom has Eric Cantor rising through the... [Full Story]

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Warner retirement could give Virginia seat to Dems

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 29, 2007 · Comments (4)

UPDATE 30 August 1:06 p.m.: Warner's office is saying he will have an announcement on his plans at 2 p.m. tomorrow on the steps of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, in the shadow of Jefferson's statue, according to Jonathan Martin at The Politico. Sure sounds like he is... [Full Story]

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Virginia Senate - Leftist blogger detained at Allen rally

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: November 5, 2006 · Comments (2)

The wacko blogger who got into a scuffle with Sen. George Allen's security detail in Charlottesville was briefly detained by police at another Allen rally at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, the Washington Post is reporting. Read the details at the preceding link. Michael Stark, the moonbat in question, claims to... [Full Story]

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Virginia Senate - Allen's moonbat stalker

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: November 1, 2006 · Comments (2)

[Scroll down for latest update] Foul-mouthed Kos freak and Webb backer Mike Stark followed through on his threats and attempted to push past Senator George Allen's security detail at a Charlottesville hotel. The incident is on video, available here at Hot Air. After the nut case was wrestled to the... [Full Story]

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Virginia 2nd CD - The double-super secret debate

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 19, 2006 · Comments (2)

In what is supposedly one of the major contested races targeted by Democrats, where their challenger Phil Kellam is taking on incumbent Republican Rep. Thelma Drake, a major kerfluffle has arisen over the debate scheduled for Thursday evening, to be hosted by the Central Business District Association, a Democratic-controlled business... [Full Story]

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Virginia Senate - Presidents to raise funds for both sides

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 14, 2006 · Comments (7)

Highlighting the supposed new competitiveness of the Virginia Senate race, next Thursday will see the current and former Presidents raising money for their parties' candidates, as Bob Lewis of the Daily Press reports: Both candidates in Virginia's closely watched U.S. Senate race get a boost Thursday from presidents past and... [Full Story]

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Virginia 2nd CD - Kellam doesn't meet his own standard

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 12, 2006

Democrat Phil Kellam's challenge to incumbent Republican Rep. Thelma Drake has been rated close from the beginning, with analysts putting the race as either "leans slightly Republican" or "tossup." Lately, more have moved it into the latter category with the fallout from the Foley scandal, which Kellam has been playing... [Full Story]

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Allen Stock Options Story

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: October 9, 2006 · Comments (2)

George Allen's website has posted some facts addressing (and largely debunking) an AP story on Allen's stock options. ... [Full Story]

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Virginia Senate - Allen widens lead

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 6, 2006

Is the lesson here, "Negative campaigning doesn't work," "Your N-word is worse than my N-word," or just "You can't beat Something with Nothing?" Robert B. Bluey of Human Events reports: The latest Reuters/Zogby telephone poll shows Sen. George Allen (R.-Va.) with an 11-point lead in his race against Democrat James... [Full Story]

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Webb's N-Bomb Problem

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: September 28, 2006 · Comments (1)

John Hawkins is blogging about accusations that Jim Webb has some problems with racially insensitive language. What goes around...... [Full Story]

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Virginia Senate - Webb and the "N" word

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 27, 2006 · Comments (9)

I noted in the final update to this post that Democratic nominee James Webb won't deny using the "N-word" himself. Naturally, this has spurred a feeding frenzy as the media tracks down his complete history over the last 35 years or so. Oh, NO IT HASN'T! Sorry, I must have... [Full Story]

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Virginia Senate - Allen and the "N" word

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 26, 2006 · Comments (13)

NOTE: SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES! According to this Salon.com article, Sen. George Allen used racial slurs regularly when he was a member of the University of Virginia football team in the early 1970s. Ken Shelton, a white radiologist who was the tight end on the UVa team, recalled he used... [Full Story]

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Virginia Senate - Webb gloms onto glam help

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 23, 2006 · Comments (1)

According to the Fredericksburg, Virginia Free Lance-Star, Democratic Senate nominee James Webb will get some outside help at a campaign event on Tuesday, when John Edwards, putative 2008 Presidential candidate, former Senator, and original Breck Girl, appears with him in Fredericksburg. Webb is challenging incumbent Republican Senator George Allen in... [Full Story]

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Gutter Politics In Virginia

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: September 21, 2006 · Comments (3)

Some on Jim Webb's staff appear to have some Jewish issues. ... [Full Story]

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George Allen's Jewish Heritage Confirmed

Posted by Kevin · Published: September 20, 2006 · Comments (25)

In a statement on AllenHQ and in in interview with The Jewish Daily Forward, Senator George Allen addresses the ethnicity of his parents. Yesterday, I found it especially reprehensible that a reporter would impugn the attitudes of my mother, as Ms. Peggy Fox did in her first question at the... [Full Story]

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Virginia Senate - Jim Webb on women

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 14, 2006 · Comments (22)

So, who is more modern in their attitude towards women: the Taliban, or Virginia Democratic nominee for Senate, Jim Webb? Tough call. Chad Dotson of Redstate reports: Well, now let's look at Jim Webb, the Democratic candidate for US Senate in Virginia, in his own words: "And I have never... [Full Story]

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George Allen gets interesting support

Posted by Dr. Ed Torres · Published: September 12, 2006 · Comments (2)

In his race for re-election, Senator Allen has gotten support from a key African American state senator. Hopefully this is the beginning of a reversal of the recent momentum for James Webb in that race.... [Full Story]

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Virginia Senate - Nancy Reagan objects to Webb ad

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 10, 2006 · Comments (6)

Democratic Senate nominee James Webb, challenging Republican Senator George Allen in Virginia, has a new ad coming out which uses videotape of President Reagan complimenting him on his service record in a 1985 speech at the Naval Academy. Former First Lady Nancy Reagan objects to the use of her husband's... [Full Story]

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Virginia Senate - Webb stumped here

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 1, 2006 · Comments (4)

Anyone who's been a political observer over the last 20 years or more is quite aware that Jim Webb might say any darned thing. You might suspect he would remember to at least mention his opponent, Senator George Allen - who has had recent embarassment - in the course of... [Full Story]

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Virginia 2nd CD - Ad wars already under way

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 31, 2006

It's not even Labor Day, but the campaign between incumbent Republican Rep. Thelma Drake and Democratic challenger Phil Kellam has been hot all summer - not that you would know it by the coverage in the formerly Mainstream Media, of course. This is our fourth post on the race. The... [Full Story]

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