by MCDC | Sep 15, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
An out-of-state oil company, CONSOL Energy, is trying to wriggle out of its commitment to Virginia landowners. And Ken Cuccinelli might be helping them do it. Thousands of our neighbors in Southwest Virginia are suing CONSOL for nearly $28 million in owed royalties...
by MCDC | Sep 14, 2013 | Ethics, Health Care, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Image via the ACLU Endorsed By Rick Santorum for his cowardly escalation of the GOP’s ongoing war on women, Tea Party candidate Ken Cuccinelli is currently down by 18 points among women voters in his bid to succeed scandal-plagued Bob McDonnell as Virginia...
by MCDC | Sep 13, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
An Arlington, Va.-based conservative group, whose existence until now was unknown to almost everyone in politics, raised and spent $250 million in 2012 to shape political and policy debate nationwide. The group, Freedom Partners, and its president, Marc Short, serve...
by MCDC | Sep 11, 2013 | Ethics, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
In the first test for a Republican Party that is still reeling from the disastrous 2012 election, Virginia’s gubernatorial race could have provided the GOP an opportunity to temper its ultraconservative platform or restrain its partnership with the Tea Party. But the...
by MCDC | Sep 10, 2013 | Ethics, Gun Reform, Health Care, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
In the race for attorney general, Virginia voters have a choice between two state senators with strong professional qualifications, lengthy legislative records and the same first name. But Mark Obenshain, a Harrisonburg Republican, and Mark Herring, a Loudon County...
by MCDC | Sep 9, 2013 | Environment, Ethics, Issues, Keystone XL
The relentless Canadian lobbying for the Keystone XL pipeline continues today when the Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver heads to Washington to push for the pipeline. During the trip, he will meet U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz for their first...
