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Raising the Minimum Wage Could Be a Winning Issue for Democrats. Here’s Why.
Liberals have spent years now agonizing over why it is that many working-class white Americans vote for the party whose policies on taxes, organized labor and much more work against their own economic interests—the "What's the matter with Kansas" problem. Well, here...
My Grandfather Would Roll Over In His Grave
Speaking directly to the camera, Paul Osborne of Raven says “My family’s been in Southwest Virginia since the mid 1800s. My grandfather would roll over in his grave if he saw what was going on today with the energy companies.” “Ken Cuccinelli is helping the energy...
Madison Candidates’ Night Forums
MEET YOUR LOCAL CANDIDATES ASK QUESTIONS, GET ANSWERS! Elections Countdown Look for the "Question Box" At the Madison County Library, ask your question at the forum or submit in advance by post or email Rural Madison c/o 2246 Lindsay Lane Madison, VA 22727...
In Perspective – Senator Ralph Northam
From This Week In Richmond, Senator Ralph Northam offers an in-depth perspective on the issues and challenges facing Virginia. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3pDLiRgaDo&w=640&h=480]
You Don’t Need a Law Degree to Know Right from Wrong
In case you missed the news this summer, the Supreme Court set a date to hear McCutcheon v. FEC, a case that challenges aggregate campaign contribution limits. On October 8, 2013, the folks who opened the floodgates for outside spending in Citizens United v. FEC may...
GOP Considering Intentional Debt-Ceiling Breach
In what has to be the least convincing pitch in modern political memory, House Republican leaders are suggesting to their members that they should forego a government shutdown over Obamacare and instead breach the debt ceiling over Obamacare. Reuters reports that “the...
Virginia Republican Kills Immigration Reform. For Everyone.
Virginia Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said that he would not allow an immigration reform bill that includes a path to citizenship to pass his committee (thereby preventing it from coming up for a vote on the floor),...
You Won’t Believe This
GOP attorney general candidate Mark Obenshain thinks: People who sexually abuse children should be allowed to own a gun People with emergency protection orders issued against them should be allowed to carry a firearm into the home of their alleged victim It should be...
McAuliffe Takes 6-Point Lead in Quinnipiac Poll
August 21, 2013 Democrat Terry McAuliffe has a 48 - 42 percent lead over Republican State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the race to become Virginia's next governor, according to today's Quinnipiac University poll, the first survey in this race among voters likely...
Conservative Virginia Radio Host Calls for Governor to Resign
Conservative Virginia radio host John Fredericks urged Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell to resign as federal prosecutors look into whether McDonnell aided a company whose CEO gave his wife hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and money. Fredericks has been a...
