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Terry Mcauliffe

Terry McAuliffe's Achilles Heel was not the Clintons

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kimberly Krautter, Al Gore, Southern Voters, Howard Dean, Voters, John Kerry, President Barack Obama, Terry McAuliffe, Democratic, Dnc, Southern Strategy, Election, Politics News
Kimberly Krautter

McAuliffe presented himself as a carpetbagger, pure and simple. Blaming the Clintons is grossly unfair to the former President and the Secretary of State.

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New "RaceTracker" Wiki to Keep Tabs on Every Congressional Race Nationwide

Jake Brewer | Posted 06.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Terry McAuliffe, Virginia Governor, Sunlight Foundation, OpenCongress.Org, Creigh Deeds, New Jersey Governor, Racetracker, Media News
Jake Brewer

This is awesome: "a non-partisan, fully-referenced, open-source and crowd-sourced wiki project that lists every candidate running in every U.S. Senate, House and governor's race."

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Good Riddance to Terry McAuliffe

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, Virginia Primary, Mcauliffe Virginia, Creigh Deeds, Politics News
Jacob Heilbrunn

Seldom has a defeat been more richly deserved than Terry McAuliffe's failed bid to win the Democratic nomination to run for Governor of Virginia.

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Terry McAuliffe: Is Today's Primary The End?

Talking Points Memo | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia Governer, Virginia, Creigh Deeds, Terry McAuliffe, Brian Moran, Virginia Primary, Politics News

It's primary day in Virginia, where the state's Democrats are set to pick from three candidates for governor: State Sen. Creigh Deeds, who is now the ...

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Creigh Deeds: Virginia's Democratic Candidate For Governor

AP | BOB LEWIS | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: VA Democratic Primary 2009, Terry McAuliffe, Creigh Deeds, Brian Moran, Democratic Primary, Va Democratic Primary, Virginia Democratic Primary, Virginia Elections, Politics News

RICHMOND, Va. — State Sen. R. Creigh Deeds dominated Virginia's three-way Democratic primary for governor Tuesday, defeating a much better finan...

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Virginia Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Vie For Black Vote

Washington Post | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Election Anxiety, Virginia-2009-Primary, Black Voters, Terry McAuliffe, Terry Mcauliffe Virginia Governor, Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate, Brian Moran, Creigh Deeds, Politics News

In a race without a clear front-runner, state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (Bath), former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe and former st...

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My Blue Collar Husband and Terry McAuliffe

Taylor Marsh | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terry McAuliffe, Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Barack Obama, Brian Moran, Creigh Deeds, Politics News
Taylor Marsh

We're new to the D.C. area. So when we started paying attention to the Virginia governors race it was late in the game. But it didn't take long for my blue collar husband to take sides.

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Three-Way Tossup in Virginia Primary Shouldn't Block Majority Winner

Rob Richie | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terry McAuliffe, Instant Runoff Voting, Virgina Primary, Creigh Deeds, Politics News
Rob Richie

My colleague Paul Fidalgo wrote a blog post today over at the FairVote blog that I thought timely to share. You can see a range of new posts there on ...

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McAuliffe Fails. Will It Be Deeds or Moran?

Mike Stark | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brian Moran, Creigh Deeds, Va Governor, Terry McAuliffe, Virginia, Virginia Primary, Terry Mcauliffe Virginia Governor, Politics News
Mike Stark

With Creigh Deeds surging across the southern portion of the state and Brian Moran holding his own in NoVa, it's all but decided: McAuliffe has no viable path to victory.

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The Trouble With Terry

Dylan Loewe | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brian Moran, Creigh Deeds, Terry McAuliffe, Virginia Primary, Terry Mcauliffe Virginia Governor, June 9 Primary, Virginia Governor, Politics News
Dylan Loewe

Terry McAuliffe is running for governor because he's been in Washington long enough that he can. He's running because he's done the other things on his list of things to do. He has no ties to Virginia.

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Britain may adopt instant runoff voting for next general election

Rob Richie | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terry McAuliffe, Instant Runoff Voting, Roy Jenkins, Proportional Voting, Alan Johnson, United Kingdom, Politics News
Rob Richie

The "special relationship" between the United Kingdom and its former colony the United States can extend to the countries' respective politics. Britis...

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Friday Talking Points [79] -- Judicial Activism And Bias

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Nickolas, Supreme Court, White House, Autoworkers, Burris, Constitutional Crisis, Power Struggle, Founding Fathers, Detainee Deaths, Gingrich, President, War Crimes, Rnc, Courts, Princeton, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Sotomayor, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Pussy Galore, Un, Ralph Nader, Judicial Activism, Republican National Committee, Court, Twitter, Terry McAuliffe, Congress, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Constitution, Mddotw, Rod Blagojevich, Sonia Sotomayor, Truth Commission, Youtube, Banks, Hillary Clinton, Uaw, Bonuses, Up or Down Vote, Michael Guest, Same Sex, Nader, President Obama, Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, United Nations, Blaggy, Filibuster, Bankers, Obama, Scotus, Prejudice, Auschwitz, Blago, Republican, Government, Blagojevich, Lionel Sosa, Pelosi, Clinton, Activism, Federal Government, Bias, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Defense of Marriage Act, Legislating From the Bench, Benefits, Gm, Pyne Prize, Roland Burris, Philip Alston, Gay, State Department, Checks and Balances, Mcauliffe, Chris Kelly, Secretary of State, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Spousal Benefits, Nominee, Doma, Torture, Alston, Politics News
Chris Weigant

"Judicial activism" (or, alternatively, "legislating from the bench") is defined -- no matter what your political beliefs -- as "judges not ruling the...

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Terry McAuliffe, All That Was Wrong With the Democratic Party

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, John McCain, Tim Kaine, Mark Warner, Terry McAuliffe, Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Terry Mcauliffe Virginia Governor, Barack Obama, Ralph Nader, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

Nader's accusation goes to the heart of the good ol' boy politics that McAuliffe represents and the very type which Obama sought to push out of the DNC's inner circle.

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Ralph Nader Accuses Terry McAuliffe Of Offering To Pay Him To Pull Out Of States In 2004 Election

Washington Post | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

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Consumer activist Ralph Nader accused Terry McAuliffe Thursday of orchestrating an effort to remove him from the presidential ballot in 2004 when McAu...

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Much-Hyped Virginia Gov Race Will Be Decided By The Few Who Actually Vote

Washington Post | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Bob Mcdonnell, Virginia Governors Race, Terry McAuliffe, Brian Moran, Virginia-Gubernatorial-Candidate, Politics News

After millions of dollars, hundreds of barbecues, coffees and fish fries and five debates, this is what the men running for the Democratic nomination ...

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Tacky, Tacky, Wha????

Mike Stark | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brian Moran, Terry McAuliffe, Virginia, Obama Brian Moran, Democrats, Terry Mcauliffe Virginia Governor, Voting, Working Class, Politics News
Mike Stark

McAuliffe earned his buffoonish reputation by saying things like "Kiss my ass, Barack!" on the Jon Stewart Show.

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Brian Moran: Too Tacky for Virginia

Taylor Marsh | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Creigh Deeds, Virginia Governor, Terry Mcauliffe Virginia Governor, Brian Moran, Politics News
Taylor Marsh

Brian Moran's moves to make Hillary Clinton the scapegoat for his inability to catch McAuliffe are despicable.

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Bill Clinton To Cheney: "It's Over"

CNN.com | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

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Bill Clinton jokingly laughed off a question Wednesday about former Vice President Dick Cheney and his recent claims that the country is less safe und...

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For McAuliffe, a Shot Across the Bow

Mike Stark | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terry McAuliffe, Mcauliffe Virginia, Terry Mcauliffe Virginia Governor, Politics News
Mike Stark

It looks to me as if the slumbering beast that is the Republican slime machine is about to grind into gear. They think McAuliffe will walk away with the Dem's nomination for governor in Virginia.

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Sam Stein

Obama's Influence Felt In Virginia Gubernatorial Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

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Public polls -- though not all -- are beginning to show separation between Terry McAuliffe and his two challengers in the Democratic primary for gover...

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Terry McAuliffe and His Complicated Relationship with the Truth

Mike Stark | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

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Mike Stark

There are a lot of questions McAuliffe simply will not address. Worse, there are a lot of assertions McAuliffe makes that either a) can't be proven or disproven; or, b) are purposefully deceptive; or c) are just plain lies.

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Dirty Energy and Dirty Money are Poisoning American Politics

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Coal, Stop Fake Reform, Clean Coal, Lobbying, Terry McAuliffe, Green, Green Energy, Dscc, Global Warming, Terry Mcauliffe Virginia Governor, Climate Change, Virginia, Politics, Dccc, Miles Grant, Change Congress, Energy, Dominon, Va-47, Politics News
Josh Nelson

The American people can see through the shell game the DSCC is playing. One day of doing the right thing does little to make up for 364 days of being beholden to specials interests.

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HuffPost Co-Hosting Virginia Governor's Debate On Wednesday

Nico Pitney | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Notlarrysabato, Virginia Governors Debate, Ben Tribbett, Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake, Huffpost Debate, Huffington Post Debate, Terry McAuliffe, Virginia Tech, Brian Moran, Virginia Debate, Creigh Deeds, Politics News
Nico Pitney

On Wednesday night, the Huffington Post is co-hosting a Virginia Governor's Debate for Creigh Deeds, Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran on the campus of Virginia Tech, and we want to ask your questions.

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Terry McAuliffe: The Torturer's Lobbyist

Mike Stark | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics

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Mike Stark

I've been looking into something else Terry McAuliffe probably wishes he could sweep under the rug: his role at McAuliffe, Kelly and Raffaelli, a heavy-hitting DC lobbying firm.

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The Banking Crisis, S&Ls, Virginia and McAuliffe

Mike Stark | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terry McAuliffe, Banking Crisis, S&L, Netroots, Dccc, Savings and Loan Industry, Financial Crisis, Mcauliffe Virginia, Savings and Loan Scandal, Politics News
Mike Stark

Everything that was bad about democratic politics at the national level in the '80s and '90s was exemplified by Terry McAuliffe's leadership.

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