Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 – 09:40:10 AM
Because I did so well last time I issued predictions…
John McCain will select Willard Mitt Romney. Romney and McCain may hate each others guts, but like Kennedy and Johnson, who also did not get along, this will be a marriage of political necessity. He might be a Mormon, but McCain should be willing to lose [...]
Friday, July 25th, 2008 – 01:43:33 PM
Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim announced that he plans to repeal the anti-swearing ordinance put down by the City of Norfolk because it, alas, violates the constitution. Hallelujah!
I’m looking at you, Virginia Beach, which bans swearing along Atlantic Areas and beachfront areas. You’ve been warned. You’ve been &$!#(!* warned.
Monday, July 21st, 2008 – 04:58:55 PM
In a major blow to the Warner for Senate campaign in Virginia, the latest Rasmussen poll shows Mark Warner falling below 60 as Gilmore surges 1 point. RUMORS SWIRL ABOUT HIGH-LEVEL SACKINGS IN WARNER CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP. How could Democrats let this happen?! Warner may be on his way to an embarrassing double-digit victory. PATHETIC!
DEVELOPING…
Monday, July 21st, 2008 – 10:19:03 AM
With over a year to go until the 2009 elections, there is already some concerned hand-wringing over how Democrats are going to have a primary for governor next year–however, many are convinced that this would harm or eventual nominee. That’s wrong–especially because, not in spite of, the fact that Republicans have an uncontested primary race. [...]
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 – 04:02:50 PM
It seems that the Republican Party of Virginia has a new logo, pictured at left. It’s not a terrible piece of design work–in fact, they’ve taken the creative liberty of setting the clock back to 10,000 years ago before the formation of the Chesapeake Bay so that the pesky Eastern Shore would be together with [...]
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 – 03:33:42 PM
I will be at the Netroots Nation conference this weekend in Austin, Texas, and will be part of a panel entitled “Politically Active Youth on Political Participation and Civic Education: What They Have to Teach Us” on Friday the 18th from 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM. I will appear alongside Thomas Senecal, founder of Teens [...]
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 – 08:24:54 AM
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County’s academy for Asian-Americans talented smart folk, has announced that they will be changing this year’s admissions test by shrinking the verbal section.
I didn’t get into TJ. The verbal section was my only hope, and after scores came back it became clear I was destined to [...]
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 – 01:40:18 PM
From People For the American Way*:
*Full disclosure: I’m a summer intern there, and this was one of my assignments. Someone inside PFAW is probably clipping this post right now for monitoring.
Monday, July 14th, 2008 – 04:00:35 PM
You might not have noticed the inexorable increase in crowding on your train ride home every day, but 20 of the 25 highest ridership days in the history of Metro have occurred since April, with 854,638 passengers breaking the all-time record on July 11th. Naturally, this ridership boom was not accompanied by a corresponding increase [...]
