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 9, 2013 | Issues, Video, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
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...
by MCDC | Sep 7, 2013 | Environment, Global Warming, Video, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
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...
by MCDC | Sep 6, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
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 much. When Ken has to pick between Virginia landowners or the profits of his...
by MCDC | Aug 27, 2013 | Ethics, Health Care, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
A tip-of-the-hat to Progressive In A Red State We talked last week about one of the right’s favorite arguments: the United States doesn’t need a system in which Americans have health insurance because if the uninsured get sick, they can just go to the...
