Tag: Virginia
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The Civil-Rights Issue of Our Time
While much of the country is rightly focused on the presidential election, there’s no contest more important to me this year than an initiative on the ballot in California. If it passes with a simple majority, Proposition 8 will take away the fundamental right to marry for same-sex couples in that state. The measure has…
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That Dog Won’t Hunt . . .
Our friend, Eileen Davis of the DAVISReport, sent us this message: Say hello to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, John MCCain’s VP select ,the governor of a state where its citizens by birthright get checks sent to them up to a couple thousand a year, that represent oil profits gained on state owned land. Yes Virginia,…
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Tim Kaine of Virginia
Va. governor could help fill gap for Obama: Centrist seen as dark horse among VP possibilities By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff, June 12, 2008 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – He is the popular governor of a critical swing state. He has working-class roots and a Harvard degree, and strong support from both business and labor. He…
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Obama's VP choice
My own candidate for Democratic Party vice-presidential nominee would be Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, D-KS. She is a wildly popular, twice-elected governor of a reliably Republican state, Kansas. She has a reputation as a consensus builder who works across the party lines to get the job done for voters. I had also thought that she may…
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Nino in full
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia hosted about 26 students from the Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria ( Fairfax County),Virginia at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. C-Span organized the meeting as part of its “Students and Leaders” program with sitting Supreme Court Justices. Susan Swain of C-Span explained that TJ, as the school is known,…
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Obama at Dawn
After a weekend rampage that saw him win all primaries, caucuses, and a Grammy, Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL), greets a new morn with the prospects of many more triumphs to come. Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, the so-called ‘Potomac Primary,’ promise more riches in votes. Some of us are fixated on the historic…
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Why not?
Because of her endorsement of Barack Obama, some are saying Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius could be a vice-president nominee for Obama. I think a better choice would be Mark Warner, the former Virginia governor running for U.S. Senate. It’ll be a better, tougher ticket against the troglodytic McCain-Huckabee ticket. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin