The House Republicans anti-health care Klan rally on Thursday was a well attended event. I wasn’t surprised to see Eric Cantor on stage, I was surprised to see Frank Wolf. Rep. Wolf’s not a moderate, but he has to keep up that image in order to get reelected in a swing district every two years. […]

Sen. Edd Houck told The Washington Post that he’d be “willing” to talk to Bob McDonnell about a place in his administration, likely as Secretary of Education. Since the Democrats hold a one vote majority in the State Senate, this proposed move could potentially swing control of the entire General Assembly over to the Republicans.
But […]

Now that the votes are finally in from Lancaster County, the results are:
Albert Pollard: 11,855 votes – 52.19%
Catherine Crabill: 10,824 votes – 47.65%
The 4.5% margin of victory for Pollard in the 99th House District is his closest ever. And that includes his performance in the district during his losing bid for the State Senate vs. […]

If I wanted to bring down the GOP from the inside by writing this bill myself, this is what I would produce. The Washington Post writes:
The Republican alternative will have helped 3 million people secure coverage, which is barely keeping up with population growth. Compare that to the Democratic bill, which covers 36 million more […]

AARP (as well as the AMA & American Cancer Society) endorses House health care reform bill:
Today AARP announced its endorsement of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) and the accompanying Medicare physician payment reform bill (H.R. 3961).

Considering what could have happened, I’m actually pretty happy about tonight. If you’d have told me that the Democrats would only lose 5 or 6 seats in the House of Delegates after this better than expected performance by the GOP ticket statewide, I’d think you were insane.
Republican candidates for Supervisor in Spotsylvania County, including former […]

First, Despite anything else you may have heard or read, Pete Fields strongly endorses Doug Filler in the race for Supervisor in the Falmouth District.
Second, I received this via email today:
Thinking it was too late to be refuted, Hartwood supervisor candidate Gary Snellings put out an automated phone call today which simply lies about his […]