Continue reading " Novamiddleman 2008-09-15 03:12:45 "

Mere days after Governor Kaine famously unveiled his budget without raising taxes he has already flipflopped.  From the Washington Post.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Monday that he wants legislators to consider increasing the state tax on automobile sales to generate more money for highway maintenance and end the controversial fees on bad drivers.
Kaine doesn’t [...]

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For the Ds
I am still going with Edwards based on what I said about a month ago.  Moving forward nothing will change because Edwards is tied to public financing and Clinton and Obama have enough money and people on the ground to continue to at least Super Tuesday.   I think Clinton will edge out Obama [...]

Continue reading " Final Iowa Preview "

I know I know stick with me for a bit…
Lets go back to 2004 Dean and Gephart are the frontrunners they attack each other opening the door for Kerry and to a lesser extent Edwards
2008 Hillary and Obama are the frontrunners they attack each other….
Hillary and Obama both are relying on unreliable voters first [...]

Continue reading " Edwards in Iowa !?!? "

There has already been and will be tons of posts and analysis.  Here is my 2 cents.
Looking around I noticed three attributes in the crowd.  White, Male, Old.  This is a recipe for extinction.  We’ve had countless commissions and studies about how to reach out to women, minorities and youth.  Its time for action and [...]

Continue reading " Briefly on the Advance "

The races on the republican and democratic side are becoming increasingly competitive.  So with less than 40 days ago the candidates are aggressively courting voters as fast as they can.  Except of course when they are preparing for one of the four to five remaining debates.  Debate prep and travel takes away at least 24-48 [...]

Continue reading " No more debates "

Things to be thankful for
1.  The opportunity to vote AND have your vote counted
More countries are holding elections but many times the elections are just for show
2.. Freedom of Religion, Speech, and Blogging :-p
There are dozens of countries that regulate speech, and some that jail or even murder anyone who speaks against the government
3.  Food [...]

Continue reading " A nonpartisan Thankful list "

With a little less than 60 days until the first caucuses and barely 100 days until the Virginia Presidential Primary the endorsements are coming in fast and furious
Giuliani picked up the Pat Robertson endorsement recently
Huckabee doesn’t have any major endorsements from Virginia to my knowledge but he is definently a serious candidate
McCain has been endorsed [...]

Continue reading " Endorse Me no no Endorse ME "

Nothing much to say really GOTV GOTV GOTV
Still thinking 21-19 Senate for the dems.
For the house Ds pick up net 2
Ferguson (9th), Matheison (21st), Vanderhye (34th) Loupassi (68th)
See you out on the trail

Continue reading " Thank goodness only 4 days left "

The Washington Post has an excellent article up this morning
Some key snippets are below
As if we needed more evidence, Tim Kaine is no Mark Warner and is a partisan hack of the highest order
Kaine’s efforts reveal a side of the governor that few residents know about. Although Kaine often preaches bipartisanship, the Harvard University-educated lawyer [...]

Continue reading " Where is the line between politics and governance "

Gary Baise has an actual platform here Gerry Connolly speaks all things to different constituent groups
Gary Baise wants proffers and inferstructure for development Gerry Connolly let development occur unabated
Gary Baise supports a tunnel through Tysons and supports competitive biding. Gerry Connolly tried to play both sides (which is par for the course) but [...]

Continue reading " Why Gary Baise is best for Fairfax and why he is within the margin of error "