Tom Perriello has instituted a community service initiative that requires campaign staffers and volunteers to donate ten percent of their time to the community.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
Even still-enamored journalists cannot fail to notice that it would be difficult to find a candidate less suited for the times or the office than McCain right now.
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.16.2008 | Green
Virginia governor Tim Kaine set a new standard for politician mealy- mouthedness with a letter to his Air Board. The situation is clear to most Virginia watchers: Kaine is terrified of Big Coal.
MOMocrats | Posted 06.14.2008 | Home
Obama is seriously courting Virginia. Its turning blue this election would be historic. We haven't voted for a Democrat for president since Eisenhower. Eisenhower! So why are we in play now?
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics
Last week, Barack Obama stumped in the battleground state of Virginia, trooping from Bristol to Bristow, culminating in a rally before a few thousand ...
Nathaniel Bach | Posted 05.23.2008 | Home
In the year of the Clinton candidacy, asking Democrats to vote for a vice presidential candidate who snickered about calling the Naval Academy "a horny woman's dream" is just rubbing salt in the wounds.
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
Today, when reading an article about the racism some Obama volunteers encountered in Indiana, I couldn't help but think that the color divide in this country is more insidious and pervasive than we would like to think.
Howie Klein | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
With Northern Virginia trending blue over the last two cycles, it's perfect for a red-to-blue turnover. Fortunately, we have a great candidate in the field -- Leslie Byrne.
Dave Winer | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
Everyone knows the war in Iraq is about oil, but if a Democrat were to say it the Republicans would challenge his or her patriotism.
AP | SONJA BARISIC | Posted 04.28.2008 | Home
SUFFOLK, Va. — Three tornadoes ripped through Virginia on Monday, with one hop-scotching across the southeastern part of the state and leaving b...
Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics
Were Hillary the great rural white savior that her campaign is depicting, she would have been able to dispatch a presidential neophyte like Barack Obama.
Michael Shaw | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media
I can't recall such a revealing shot of a teleprompter. It draws attention to how impersonal and highly-scripted McCain's self-described biographical tour has turned out to be.
Dave Winer | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics
Obama is not Howard Dean, and the Wright videos are not the Dean Scream, because Obama has the delegate and popular vote lead, and we're deep into the primary season.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics
The Democratic Party has structured its system in a way that thwarts insurgency, promotes secrecy, and creates the need for vast amounts of money. The process is perfectly Clintonian,
Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics
Of the many strange spins the Clinton campaign has sold the media, few are as troubling as the idea that she is the stronger general election candidate.
Dylan Loewe | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics
On the other side of an exceptional month for Obama, one thing has become clear: the loss in New Hampshire proved ironically valuable.
Ari Melber | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics
If a bipartisan, anti-war plank serves Democrats well in Virginia, it can help them excel anywhere. Obama is already running on that message, while Clinton struggles with it.
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics
Virginia's Tim Kaine is increasingly looking like some kind of retro, dinosaur pol -- practicing a kind of politics eerily similar to the Republican culture of corruption.
Mark Pike | Posted 02.13.2008 | Home
Democratic primary turnout records were blown away as nearly twice as many voters showed up for this year's presidential primary than from 2004, easil...
Alex Leo | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics
In Virginia's system each individual is allowed to degrade the process by voting for who they think will be the worst, the slowest, oldest, most inexperienced, and least qualified.
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics
Mulligan -- (noun) A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee. This is ...
Mark Pike | Posted 02.11.2008 | Home
An estimated 18,000 people gathered in Virginia Beach to see presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. "This has got to be the biggest political rall...
Steven Denlinger | Posted 01.12.2008 | Living
When I think back over my childhood, I remember one person who was truly unforgettable. Joe Overholt.
Paul Helmke | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics
Almost everyone agrees that we should make it harder for dangerous people to get dangerous weapons. As I said in my last blog, we should be willing to...
Abe Silk | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics