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DNC Wants Huckabee?
span style="color:#993300;"I didn't have to read /spana href="http://drudgereport.com/flashhu.htm"span style="color:#993300;"this article/span/aspan style="color:#993300;" to think he was a horrible candidate for the GOP, this just reinforces it./spanbr /span style="color:#993300;"I would feel... Read more...
Published 10 months ago

40th Senate Update
span style="color:#993300;"I have some new information in the 40th Senate district. It appears Wampler will definitely take the job at the SCC, and it widely expected to pass both constitutional and confirmation hurdles. If this does occur, there will obviously be a special election; most... Read more...
Published 10 months ago

Campaigns Are The Key?
span style="color:#993300;"Our friend /spana href="http://renaissanceruminations.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/wrong-lesson-being-drawn-from-cooch-hoot-2007/#respond"span style="color:#993300;"Bwana/span/aspan style="color:#993300;" has an interesting take on Sen. Ken Cuccinelli's victory. He argues... Read more...
Published 10 months ago

Dream Ticket for '09?
span style="color:#993300;"In the past, many have argued that statewide candidates have regional strength, and that building a strong regional ticket can be the key to victory. While I do not fully subscribe to this theory, it certainly has its advantages./spanbr /span... Read more...
Published 10 months ago

2009 GOP Ticket
span style="color:#993300;"Since it appears our 2008 Senate candidate is pretty well set, I thought I would take a look at where the GOP is looking for its 2009 stable. In light of this weekend's Advance, we may be able to guess who may be making some moves.br /br /Governor is probably the most... Read more...
Published 10 months ago

Orange Bowl Bound
span style="color:#993300;"The Hokies are the ACC Champions and are headed to the Orange Bowl to take on Kansas./spanbr /span style="color:#993300;"VT is ranked #3 in the BCS, largely due to our #1 ranking in the computers. /spanbr /span style="color:#993300;"If we were to win the bowl game, it... Read more...
Published 10 months ago

Gone to the Advance
span style="color:#993300;"I look forward to seeing everyone this weekend and hopefully it will be a great event./spanbr /span style="color:#993300;"/spanbr /span style="color:#993300;"Also, the Hokies are taking on BC in the ACC Championship Game; so hopefully we can get a big win tomorrow and... Read more...
Published 10 months ago

Another Special Election?
a href="http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/doh/2007/11/wampler-retirem.html"span style="color:#993300;"NLS/span/aspan style="color:#993300;" is reporting that Sen. William Wampler will be taking a job at the State Corporation Commission. This would require him to resign his Senate seat. This is... Read more...
Published 10 months ago

Go Hokies!
span style="color:#993300;"If anyone missed it, the Hokies are playing in the ACC Championship game this Saturday at 1 PM in a rematch against Boston College. It should be a good time watching the game at the Advance./spanbr /span style="color:#993300;"This is kind of an open thread on VT... Read more...
Published 10 months ago

The Road to Majority
span style="color:#993300;"Now that we have lost the Senate majority, we need to find a way to get it back. This is obviously a long process that will not happen for at least 4 years (unless an unforseen opening occurs). Even so, the GOP needs to start doing things to position themselves to... Read more...
Published 11 months ago

The Road to Minority
span style="color:#993300;"Since election day, everyone seems to think they have the answers to why the GOP lost the State Senate and continues to bleed seats in the House of Delegates. Our friends at VCAP and their supporters argue its b/c the GOP isn't conservative enough. Their evidence for... Read more...
Published 11 months ago

State of the Race in the 22nd
span style="color:#993300;"Since it appears a good portion of you folks are interested in the 22nd Senate race, so we will start off Post-Labor Day election coverage with this./spanbr /span style="color:#993300;"/spanbr /span style="color:#993300;"I don't really know of anything pressing in this... Read more...
Published a year ago