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The Attorney General of The Tea Party
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...
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Herring for Attorney General
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...
“Mark Obenshain Votes Like E.W. Jackson Talks”
Today, Senator Barbara Favola and Democratic Party of Virginia Executive Director Lauren Harmon exposed the close ideological relationship between E.W. Jackson and Mark Obenshain, the Republican Lt. Governor and Attorney General candidates. On a call open to the...
“Bringing Down TransCanada’s House of Cards: The Keystone Chronicles.”
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...
Climate Scientist Can Proceed with Libel Suit Against Right Wing Blogs, Judge Rules
Known for his “hockey stick” graph showing a steep climb in global temperature over the last century, top climate scientist Michael Mann can go ahead and sue two right-wing blogs for libel, a judge ruled last week. The case stems from two separate blog posts that ran...
EXTREME Sellout. EXTREME Priorities. EXTREME Neglect.
EXTREME Sellout Ken Cuccinelli’s office door is wide open for the out-of-state energy companies that have dumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into his campaigns. Virginia families? Not so...
Laid-Off Workers: Cuccinelli’s Campaign Tricked Us Into Appearing in GOP Attack Ad
Mother Jones magazine reported yesterday that Ken Cuccinelli's campaign tricked at least two laid-off workers into appearing in a new attack ad. The women featured in the ad were shocked. "If I had known that's what it was for," one of them told Mother Jones, "I never...
Ken Cuccinelli: Helping Himself, Not Us
"Lavish meals. Travel on private jets. Just some of the gifts Ken Cuccinelli took in the Star Scientific scandal. Now Cuccinelli’s office is under investigation for secretly helping an out-of-state energy company that was drilling natural gas from Virginians' private...
More Than Just Lip Service
Congress reconvenes next week after its August recess, and we’ll be considering very important issues such as what to do about Syria. During the August break, I was eager to spend several days on the road in every region of Virginia. If you have just a moment, I would...
