See, now this is why I like Creigh Deeds. From Hank Bostwick’s interview with Sen. Creigh Deeds at the Star City Harbinger: SCH: Do you see a growing trend toward regional and local production of both energy and food? DEEDS: Absolutely . . . one of the most important recent works of nonfiction is The …
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Phoning it in.
Johnny Camacho recaps Bob Gibson’s hour-long interview with the Democratic gubernatorial candidates on WVTF, the NPR carrier for the western half of the state. Or, rather, Creigh Deeds, the only guy who showed up. Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran phoned it in, calling in during the latter minutes of the show. McAuliffe’s comment about drinking …
McAuliffe is a candidate now, for reals.
I cannot understand why it’s news when somebody announces they’re thinking about running for office and when they’re going to announce whether or not they’ll run for office and then when they announce. It’s just goofy. Anyhow, Terry McAuliffe has made it official that he’s running for governor, not that there was any question about …
Tim Craig on the governor’s race.
Tim Craig and I are on the same page in the matter of the race for the Democratic nomination for governor: In a two-way race against McAuliffe or Deeds, Moran very well might have been unstoppable. […] But then McAuliffe, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, burst onto the Virginia political scene in …
Is Boucher a harbinger of an urban/rural split?
With Rep. Rick Boucher’s endorsement of Creigh Deeds for governor today, I wonder if we’re seeing the beginnings of a major rural/urban split in the support of Democratic candidates?
Moran gives up his seat; the fight for upstate money is on.
I’ve been chewing over Del. Brian Moran’s resignation of his seat today, wondering a) why, b) why now, and c) what effect that it will have on the race. I think the simplest explanation is probably the right one. The “why now” is at the center of it, I think. In a statement, Moran told …
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Lloyd: Should Spruill be paid extra to do his job?
Lloyd Snook is also concerned about Democrats paying Del. Lionell Spruill, though for some different (and most strongly-worded) reasons than I: I also noticed something else as I was poking around today — Spruill is listed as Vice Chair of the Minority Caucus for Outreach. Of course, Brian Moran is the Chair of the Minority …
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McAuliffe: “It’s not whether I win or not.”
Terry McAuliffe sums up the trouble with his candidacy for governor: McAuliffe has not yet decided if he will run, saying he is first visiting all parts of Virginia and listening to residents before making a decision in January. “It’s not whether I could win or not,” McAuliffe said. “For me, it’s about whether I …
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Halsey Minor: Not running for governor.
Halsey Minor says that he’s not, in fact, running for governor. He’d be as terrible a candidate for Virginia governor as I’d be for the fifth congressional district. (I adore the sporadic rumors that I’m going to run against Virgil. Have these people never read a word I’ve written about the district?) And, as Halsey …
Halsey Minor for governor.com.com!
CNet founder and Republican Halsey Minor wants to run for governor of Virginia: Though CNET brought Minor to the West Coast, where he still owns homes, his love for Virginia remains so strong that in 2007, he told a local paper that he was interested in becoming governor. Asked about it again, he nods. “I’ve …