By Paige Winfield on November 25, 2009
(Published Nov. 25, 2009, by Old Dominion Watchdog, see: [virginia.watchdog.org]... )
Resignations like the one given by Del. Phil Hamilton last week are rare.
The Newport News Republican is one of only three Virginia legislators over the last three decades to leave the General Assembly [...]
By Paige Winfield on November 25, 2009
(Published Nov. 25, 2009, by Old Dominion Watchdog, see: [virginia.watchdog.org]... )
Resignations like the one given by Del. Phil Hamilton last week are rare.
The Newport News Republican is one of only three Virginia legislators over the last three decades to leave the General Assembly [...]
By Bob Gibson
Now is the time for an injection of a little civility into the body politic.
Many politicians have succumbed to a political swine flu of sorts.
They behave a bit like pigs as they slop through campaigns and sessions of Congress trying to slime opponents with objectionable labels and [...]
By Bob Gibson
Politicians really aren’t as bad as their opponents’ TV ads make them out to be, but you couldn’t prove it by their own ads.
In a race for the political advertising gutter, both sides are apt to cut corners, shade truths, take facts well out [...]
By Bob Gibson
Politicians really aren’t as bad as their opponents’ TV ads make them out to be, but you couldn’t prove it by their own ads.
In a race for the political advertising gutter, both sides are apt to cut corners, shade truths, take facts well out [...]
By Bob Gibson
There is little like a redistricting opportunity to focus the minds of a political party on a set of 100 Virginia House of Delegates elections.
Republicans say they have never run as many candidates for the House of Delegates as they are fielding this year.
Democrats, who have 72 House [...]
By Bob Gibson
There is little like a redistricting opportunity to focus the minds of a political party on a set of 100 Virginia House of Delegates elections.
Republicans say they have never run as many candidates for the House of Delegates as they are fielding this year.
Democrats, who have 72 House [...]
By Bob Gibson
Virginia is entering the second decade of the 21st Century richer in history but poorer in its residents’ knowledge of how government works.
The state’s demographic makeup and its politics are changing faster than in previous decades, yet its burgeoning population, which hails increasingly from [...]
By Bob Gibson
Virginia is entering the second decade of the 21st Century richer in history but poorer in its residents’ knowledge of how government works.
The state’s demographic makeup and its politics are changing faster than in previous decades, yet its burgeoning population, which hails increasingly from [...]
By Bob Gibson
Virginians who live side-by-side or across town in communities across the state often do not hear the same words in the same ways.
The words “health care reform” carry vastly different meanings and connotations to the different ears that might hear them.
The power of language usually outweighs the sword, [...]
By Bob Gibson
Virginians who live side-by-side or across town in communities across the state often do not hear the same words in the same ways.
The words “health care reform” carry vastly different meanings and connotations to the different ears that might hear them.
The power of language usually outweighs the sword, [...]
By Bob Gibson
Retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter in May delivered a stirring call for better education of the American public about how government works.
The 19-year veteran of the court observed that surveys show large majorities of Americans cannot name the basic [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Virginians who pay attention to politics are not likely to be disappointed this year if they like competitive elections.
The Old Dominion, once a place of one-party predictability, is now blessed with a most pleasant sufficiency of contests, unlike each of [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Virginians who pay attention to politics are not likely to be disappointed this year if they like competitive elections.
The Old Dominion, once a place of one-party predictability, is now blessed with a most pleasant sufficiency of contests, unlike each of [...]
TJ certainly was one smart man!
Thanks to the fine folks at Monticello for the following 10 pieces of timeless wisdom from Thomas Jefferson, a man ready for Facebook and for email 200 years early!
“A man of habit and discipline, Jefferson compiled a list of ten rules of comportment for his [...]
TJ certainly was one smart man!
Thanks to the fine folks at Monticello for the following 10 pieces of timeless wisdom from Thomas Jefferson, a man ready for Facebook and for email 200 years early!
“A man of habit and discipline, Jefferson compiled a list of ten rules of comportment for his [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
It’s fun, every once in a while, to wander back and read a 5-year-old column and see how fresh it still feels. Here’s one that ran Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004, as my Political Notebook. It isn’t as stale as I feared. Perhaps Virginia still [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
It’s fun, every once in a while, to wander back and read a 5-year-old column and see how fresh it still feels. Here’s one that ran Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004, as my Political Notebook. It isn’t as stale as I feared. Perhaps Virginia still [...]
By Bob Gibson
What happens when news coverage of campaigns and state and local governments starts to dry up?
Do people rely more on the paid media bought by the candidates? Do voters scour the Internet for thoughts and newsy items on blogs?
When [...]
By Bob Gibson
What happens when news coverage of campaigns and state and local governments starts to dry up?
Do people rely more on the paid media bought by the candidates? Do voters scour the Internet for thoughts and newsy items on blogs?
When [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
WAKEFIELD
Two big unknowns that could help determine who wins Virginia’s Nov. 3 governor’s race were unseen guests at the April 15 Shad Planking, a 61-year-old traditional Southside Virginia gathering where free beer mixes liberally with traditional good old boys and a [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
WAKEFIELD
Two big unknowns that could help determine who wins Virginia’s Nov. 3 governor’s race were unseen guests at the April 15 Shad Planking, a 61-year-old traditional Southside Virginia gathering where free beer mixes liberally with traditional good old boys and a [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia will host an Issues Forum with the three candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for governor in the June 9 primary: Creigh Deeds, Brian Moran, and Terry McAuliffe.
This event will [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia will host an Issues Forum with the three candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for governor in the June 9 primary: Creigh Deeds, Brian Moran, and Terry McAuliffe.
This event will [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Virginia’s political traditions are changing faster than the late Sen. Harry Flood Byrd Sr. could have imagined or tolerated.
Byrd ruled Virginia’s dominant political organization with a tight fist from the 1920s to the 1960s.
The Old Dominion, once pregnant with presidents and barren [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Virginia’s political traditions are changing faster than the late Sen. Harry Flood Byrd Sr. could have imagined or tolerated.
Byrd ruled Virginia’s dominant political organization with a tight fist from the 1920s to the 1960s.
The Old Dominion, once pregnant with presidents and barren [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
First, there were the Ten Commandments. A serious list. Instructive. Godly.
Several millennia later, there was David Letterman’s Top Ten. Sly. Insulting. Ungodly.
List making, once the province of grocery shoppers and Myers-Briggs personalities whose types end [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
First, there were the Ten Commandments. A serious list. Instructive. Godly.
Several millennia later, there was David Letterman’s Top Ten. Sly. Insulting. Ungodly.
List making, once the province of grocery shoppers and Myers-Briggs personalities whose types end [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Attorney General Bob McDonnell announced today that he will resign from that office effective Feb. 20.
McDonnell, the Republican nominee for governor in the Nov. 3 election, is my guest on WVTF public radio’s Evening Edition program tonight from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
If you have a [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Attorney General Bob McDonnell announced today that he will resign from that office effective Feb. 20.
McDonnell, the Republican nominee for governor in the Nov. 3 election, is my guest on WVTF public radio’s Evening Edition program tonight from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
If you have a [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Attorney General Bob McDonnell announced today that he will resign from that office effective Feb. 20.
McDonnell, the Republican nominee for governor in the Nov. 3 election, is my guest on WVTF public radio’s Evening Edition program tonight from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
If you have a [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Robert Saunier “R.S.“ Hornsby’s death near Crozet was a true loss.
Follow one of the links to a great R.S. Hornsby and Bruce Hornsby tribute to the Dead’s Garcia at William and Mary Hall.
Thanks to Bringier McConnell for the following news piece:
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Robert Saunier “R.S.“ Hornsby’s death near Crozet was a true loss.
Follow one of the links to a great R.S. Hornsby and Bruce Hornsby tribute to the Dead’s Garcia at William and Mary Hall.
Thanks to Bringier McConnell for the following news piece:
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Robert Saunier “R.S.“ Hornsby’s death near Crozet was a true loss.
Follow one of the links to a great R.S. Hornsby and Bruce Hornsby tribute to the Dead’s Garcia at William and Mary Hall.
Thanks to Bringier McConnell for the following news piece:
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Who do people trust most in political life today?
People would like to trust their politicians, but trust is a two-way street. If political leaders aren’t straight with people, then they earn a kind of distrust that all too often rubs off [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Who do people trust most in political life today?
People would like to trust their politicians, but trust is a two-way street. If political leaders aren’t straight with people, then they earn a kind of distrust that all too often rubs off [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Who do people trust most in political life today?
People would like to trust their politicians, but trust is a two-way street. If political leaders aren’t straight with people, then they earn a kind of distrust that all too often rubs off [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Fresh off the news of his fundraising success in the Virginia governor’s race, Terry McAuliffe showed up at the John Paul Jones Arena on Thursday night wearing, well, not quite the right color of blue sweater for a University of Virginia game against North Carolina.
As [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Fresh off the news of his fundraising success in the Virginia governor’s race, Terry McAuliffe showed up at the John Paul Jones Arena on Thursday night wearing, well, not quite the right color of blue sweater for a University of Virginia game against North Carolina.
As [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
Fresh off the news of his fundraising success in the Virginia governor’s race, Terry McAuliffe showed up at the John Paul Jones Arena on Thursday night wearing, well, not quite the right color of blue sweater for a University of Virginia game against North Carolina.
As [...]
Scores of Virginians of all political stripes and parties are protesting the December decision of a Norfolk commercial television station to cancel Joel Rubin’s On the Record program by signing an online petition.
Some people must be blogging about it because more than 60 individuals signed the electronic petition in the [...]
Scores of Virginians of all political stripes and parties are protesting the December decision of a Norfolk commercial television station to cancel Joel Rubin’s On the Record program by signing an online petition.
Some people must be blogging about it because more than 60 individuals signed the electronic petition in the [...]
Scores of Virginians of all political stripes and parties are protesting the December decision of a Norfolk commercial television station to cancel Joel Rubin’s On the Record program by signing an online petition.
Some people must be blogging about it because more than 60 individuals signed the electronic petition in the [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
An on-line petition is starting to catch fire and build support for a television show canceled at the end of December.
The petition reads: “By now many of you know that ABC affiliate WVEC TV has cancelled Joel Rubin’s Sunday morning talk show, “On the [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
An on-line petition is starting to catch fire and build support for a television show canceled at the end of December.
The petition reads: “By now many of you know that ABC affiliate WVEC TV has cancelled Joel Rubin’s Sunday morning talk show, “On the [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
An on-line petition is starting to catch fire and build support for a television show canceled at the end of December.
The petition reads: “By now many of you know that ABC affiliate WVEC TV has cancelled Joel Rubin’s Sunday morning talk show, “On the [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
What in the world is happening to newspapers and television news shows?
They remain valuable and necessary to healthy public debate and the strength of our democracy.
Yet their status on the Monopoly board of life is slipping from Park Place and Boardwalk to Baltic Avenue [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
What in the world is happening to newspapers and television news shows?
They remain valuable and necessary to healthy public debate and the strength of our democracy.
Yet their status on the Monopoly board of life is slipping from Park Place and Boardwalk to Baltic Avenue [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
What in the world is happening to newspapers and television news shows?
They remain valuable and necessary to healthy public debate and the strength of our democracy.
Yet their status on the Monopoly board of life is slipping from Park Place and Boardwalk to Baltic Avenue [...]
By Bob Gibson
Charlottesville political blogger
When I was 10, I attended the political event of a lifetime.
I have been to hundreds of political events since, none quite like this one.
My father, a federal employee who commuted each day from our house in Arlington to an office not far from [...]
