I'm very happy that my friend Scott Surovell is going to Richmond in January 2010 to represent the 44th House of Delegates district. In fact, Scott's election on November 3 was one of the only bright spots on an otherwise disastrous day for Democrats. Anyone who knows Scott' [...] 
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Based on the breathless headlines in the media, you'd think that China had committed itself to something huge regarding its greenhouse gas emissions. For instance, the Washington Post headline reads, "China proposes emissions cuts: Planned reduction of up to 45% falls short of target many world leaders hoped'" [...] 
This has been a rough year in Virginia politics, but there are still things to be thankful for as a Virginia Democrat and progressive. This Thanksgiving Day, I'm thankful that...
You know how Republicans like to criticize the Democrats' health care reform bill on the oh-so-substantive grounds that it's "so long?" Well, all I have to say to that is...Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
To put it mildly, I'm very frustrated about where we're at right now in terms of dealing with climate change. This is one of the greatest challenges - and also one of the greatest opportunities (to jump start a clean energy revolution) - in human history, and right now [...] 
In the Yiddish language, one of the greatest compliments you can pay a man (I'm not sure if there's a female equivalent) is to call him a "mensch." The word - as is the case with many Yiddish words - is not easy to translate well ("man" doesn't quite [...] 
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Tuesday, November 24.
I've had my disagreements with the Morans over the past year; nonetheless, I hope that Jim Moran recovers quickly from his knee surgery. That does not sound like fun!
If anyone doubts that having a memorable name is a huge net positive in politics, I present Exhibit A: 1st CD Democratic candidate Krystal Ball on MSNBC this morning. :) In all seriousness, though, in politics or show biz, having something memorable about you is important, at least [...]
I just received a press release from Environment Virginia regarding a "new report on how nuclear power will hurt America’s ability to fight global warming." The main points in the press release are:
I've been told by a close adviser to Patrick Lewis - who had filed and set up an exploratory committee - that he will not be a candidate after all for the Democratic nomination in the 10th Congressional District. Also note that Lewis' website has been taken [...] 
Given his votes against clean energy/climate action and health care reform, I'm not exactly thrilled with Rep. Glenn Nye (D-2nd) right now. In fact, I'd go so far as to say I'd be happy to see him primaried by a strong progressive candidate. However, this doesn't look likely right [...] Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Monday, November 23.
More "whitewashing" from the DPVA? It sure seems that way. I'm hearing from reliable sources that Tim Kaine and Creigh Deeds will be coming to the DPVA's State Central Committee meeting on December 5 specifically in order to discourage any discussion about what happened in the recent election' [...] 
The following email -- complete with Orwellian/Panglossian talk about "success stories" and "lessons learned" coming out of 2009 (a complete debacle in every way, as laid out in this "After Action Review") - was sent out by DPVA Political Director Don Marks. It epitomizes everything wrong with the [...] 
The Blue Virginia Award for "Best Way to Get Your Mind Off of Losing an Election" goes to Greg Werkheiser (D). On his Facebook page, Werkheiser reports that he...
For a while now, I've been watching the Obama administration with hope, but also with a growing sense of unease. That unease has centered primarily on the Administration's and Congress' failure (so far) to accomplish many of the things Democrats campaigned on, which many of us worked our butts [...] 
The following statement is from Mark Warner regarding the health care reform bill that won an important cloture vote last night in the U.S. Senate. Thanks to both of our U.S. Senators, Warner and Webb (I haven't seen a statement from him yet), for supporting this critically important' [...] 
As if the anti-smart-growth "aerial option" for Tysons Corner and the disgraceful no-bid, multi-billion-dollar, sweetheart deal to "Big Dig" Bechtel weren't bad enough, now comes this story (note: Scott Monett of TysonsTunnel.org told me all about this a long time ago, so obviously people have known about it' [...] 
The following tweets are courtesy of Kyle Blankenship, who attended Glenn Nye's "community forum" a bit earlier today. Overall, this looks like it was a huge #fail.
I just received the following email and was asked if I could post it. I think this is a worthwhile endeavor, so here you go!
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, November 20.
I couldn't agree more with this.
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