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To those of us who are familiar with Jim Gilmore’s budgeting practices as governor, it comes as no great surprise to learn that his secretary of finance has been sentenced to ten years in prison for defrauding the state of $4 million, as Rosalind Helderman reports in the Post. In 2001, serving on the Tobacco …
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I love the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s endorsement of Jim Gilmore for U.S. Senate. With an endorsement like that, who needs opponents?
Jim Gilmore’s campaign on why polls have their man with just 33% of the vote: Dick Leggitt, a senior adviser to Gilmore, said the poll is inaccurate because “a lot of conservatives won’t talk to pollsters, and when they hang up, the results get skewed.” Leggitt added, “A lot of the questions are so long …
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One year ago I made a forecast about the Virginia U.S. Senate race: Warner will enjoy support from some key Virginia Republicans. Some will support him in obvious ways, such as endorsing him or hosting events for him. Many others will support him in quieter ways, by failing to support the Republican nominee and encouraging …
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The McCain/Palin campaign held a rally in Virginia Beach yesterday. They claimed 25,000 attendees. Awkwardly, it turns out the building only holds 16,000. More awkwardly still, the fire marshall says there were only 12,000. Facts be damned, Gerry Scimeca wrote in the RPV’s newsletter this afternoon: For Virginians looking forward to the right kind of …
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Gilmore’s latest contribution report shows that he hasn’t received a penny from national Republican committees. That’s embarrassing.
The latest fundraising reports are in for state and federal campaigns. (State campaigns file with the State Board of Elections, federal campaigns file with the Federal Election Commission. The two types of campaigns are held to entirely different laws, file different forms, and generally bear little resemblance to each other. TMYK ★.) Tim Craig runs …
Not one person can provide documented evidence that Jim Gilmore left the state’s government in good financial shape? It’s been three days, and nobody has even tried to support this oft-repeated claim. Is Gilmore so unpopular that nobody wants to defend him on this anymore? Or does it turn out that the story just isn’t …
Public Policy Polling (whoever they are) conducted a poll of Virginia voters about the presidential race this past weekend, and also asked respondents about next year’s governor’s race. The results put Bob McDonnell up 5-6% above either Sen. Creigh Deeds or Del. Brian Moran, which is within the 3.3% margin of error. Honestly, I’m awfully …
A standard talking point among supporters of Gov. Jim Gilmore’s candidacy for U.S. Senate is that he left the state economy in great shape, but Gov. Mark Warner went ahead and hiked taxes anyway. They say it’s a myth that Gilmore fudged the budget numbers. In my world, this is an up-is-down, black-is-white claim. It’s …
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