Virginia Governors Race

White House Party Crasher Crashes New Poll

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 05.03.2012

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TV personality and White House party crasher Tareq Salahi "has the dubious designation of being one of the least popular people we've ever polled," ac...

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Cuccinelli Makes Big Decision About Political Future

Posted 03.22.2012

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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) is creating a campaign committee to run for governor, according to a news release. "I am running for ...

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The GOP Rises Online

David All | Posted 05.25.2011

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The GOP has surpassed the Democratic Party online -- just look at its innovative, direct media techniques responding to the president's first State of the Union address.

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The GOP "Comeback" is Really a Throwback

Nathan Daschle | Posted 05.25.2011

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American voters will reward the party that optimistically puts forth a concrete plan to return prosperity. And while the jury on the new administration is still out, the case against the GOP has long been closed.

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Young Voters Who Helped Obama Stayed Home

AP | DENA POTTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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RICHMOND, Va. — Last year, 23-year-old Rashida Hill watched the presidential debates, visited the college political party meetings and put a Bar...

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Political Espionage in Virginia: A Facebook Funny or Critical Breach?

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the idea of a candidate bragging on his Facebook page about his unethical escapades is a little funny at first (ok, it's hilarious), there may be more serious implications.

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A Lesson for Barack Obama From the Harold Washington Playbook

Rebecca Sive | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Mayor Harold Washington never did move away from his people; he stuck with them; he delivered for them. The result: They stuck with him.

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Obama Referenda

David Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Any time an American does anything at all, it is a demonstration of his or her support for, or opposition to, the President and his policies. Paying attention, Russia? That's how democracy works.

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Palin's Boob a Fake: Hoffman Loses

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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The only thing Sarah Palin can really take credit for is New York's House District 23 electing a Democrat for the first time since before The Civil War.

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The Right-Wing Media's Election Analysis Just Ain't That Good

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Back in 2001, conservative media figures were adamant. Democratic Party victories at the ballot boxes during the off-year elections had little national significance.

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Four Lessons for Democrats in Tuesday's Elections

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Notwithstanding Republican victories in the N.J. and Virginia governor's races, let's not forget that a lower percentage of Americans now self-identify as Republicans than at any other time in a quarter-century.

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Democrats Whack McDonnell For Hiding Climate Change Skepticism

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the Virginia gubernatorial campaign enters its final weeks, the contest is turning into a dispute over the perils of climate change. The topic wa...

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Virginia Governor's Race 2009: McDonnell Beats Deeds

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political co...

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Enough with the Electability Test

Peter Henne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deeds was nominated because he seemed "electable." Then he lost to McDonnell. This "electability test" has a damaging effect on political discourse and ultimate electoral success.

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What Happened in Virginia?

Ben Tribbett | Posted 05.25.2011

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If this election serves as a reminder that pandering to right wingers is not a successful electoral strategy -- then Deeds will have done even more good for Democrats than if he had won today.

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As Goes VA, So Goes CO? Not So Fast, My Friend

Laura Chapin | Posted 05.25.2011

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What, if anything, does the Republican red swing in Virginia mean for fellow swing state Colorado? Not as much as the Republicans would like to think.

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The Power of Fear and the Obligation to Hope

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

It was not surprising to learn that New Jersey and Virginia both elected Republican Governors. But I could not have predicted the loss in the tiny, liberal, free state of Maine.

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McDonnell Cites "Porn Makes You Gay" Staffer In Controversial Thesis

The Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Blogger Lowell Feld notices that Michael Schwartz -- the longtime conservative activist-turned-Hill staffer whom I heard wax poetic about the gay-maki...

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McDonnell On Gays: After Thesis Uproar, McDonnell's Strongly Worded Comments on Gays Resurface

Washington Post | Amy Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

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As chairman of the House Courts of Justice Committee, McDonnell sat at the head of the proceedings, with his Senate counterpart next to him and commit...

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Creigh Deeds Distances Himself From Dem Leadership: "I'm Sure They Wouldn't Know Me"

Washington Post | Anita Kumar and Rosalind S. Helderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUENA VISTA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Virginia's political candidates joined high school cheerleaders, pint-size beauty queens and Shriners driving miniature c...

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No, Virginia, This Is Not A "Macaca Moment"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lots of people think that Bob McDonnell's college thesis "The Republican Party's Vision for the Family" may prove to be his undoing. And lots of those people seem to be working for the Washington Post.

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Virginia Women: Get Back in That Chastity Belt!

Cecile Richards | Posted 05.25.2011

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Meet Bob McDonnell, Republican candidate for governor in the state of Virginia. He's a true believer -- railing against legalized birth control, public schools, childcare and, believe it, working women!

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VA Governor's Race Erupts Over McDonnell's Right-Wing Thesis

Washington Post | Amy Gardner, Rosalind S. Helderman and Anita Kumar | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Virginia governor's race ignited Monday over Republican Robert F. McDonnell's 20-year-old graduate thesis: Democrats assailed him in e-mail blasts...

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VA Governor's Race Erupts Over Candidate's Homophobic, Sexist Graduate Thesis

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Virginia governor's race ignited Monday over Republican Robert F. McDonnell's 20-year-old graduate thesis: Democrats assailed him in e-mail blasts...

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I Am a Woman for Deeds

Jody Wagner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Single mothers. Child care providers. Working mothers. Feminists...Four types of women that Bob McDonnell called in his thesis "materialistic," "detrimental to family," and the cause of a "breakdown of society."

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