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Virginia's GOP Chairman Navigates Some Stormy Watersnew

Not only did the much-despised Democrats thoroughly trounce the GOP at every level in the November elections, besting Republicans at the top, bottom, middle and occasionally along all four edges of the ticket, but Jeff Frederick also attracted a great deal of negative attention for some of his pre-election antics.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  12-10-2008  |  Commentary

Election '08: Virginia, the Wild Blue Yondernew

Obama was a shoe-in to win the whole thing -- but Virginia?
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  11-12-2008  |  Commentary

Election '08: Will Virginia Go for Obama?new

With even Larry Sabato calling the state for Obama, who has been stumping the heck out of Virginia's Southwest, Commonwealth McCainiacs are reduced to hoping for a full "Bradley Effect" on November 4.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  10-29-2008  |  Commentary

Why the Death of the Virginia GOP Could Be Good for Republicansnew

As the polls continue to go south for John McCain, and the chances of Senate hopeful Jim Gilmore picking off Mark Warner slip from infinitesimal to "President Kucinich" levels of impossibility, we thought we'd take a quick look at the current state of the Old Dominion's convulsing conservative landscape.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  10-16-2008  |  Commentary

As He Eyes VP Slot, Sen. Jim Webb Presents a New Version of Himselfnew

It certainly hasn't escaped our notice that Webb has undergone a bit of a personality transfer as of late, and seems to be mellowing into a slightly-less-combative, slightly-more-effective version of the tough-talking SOB that we've come to know and ... well, maybe not love, but at least regard with brotherly affection.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  06-11-2008  |  Commentary

It Won't Be Long Before We Have Another Mass Shootingnew

And the same things will happen again: The pro-gun people will say "don't politicize a tragedy," there will be memorials and the president will fly in and say nice things without ever mentioning the word "guns," and things will continue the same way they always have.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Brian Morton  |  05-01-2007  |  Commentary

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