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Webb Clarifies His McCain "Calm Down" Remark
Senator Jim Webb's staff issued a clarification late Tuesday over comments made by the Virginia democrat in which he urged ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Jim Webb: I Want To Be Number 2
According to the Washington Times (a phrase we try to use sparingly), the vice presidential prospects of Virginia Senator Jim Webb have increased... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Southern (Old) Math
Scholar Thomas Schaller in NY Times op-ed makes the case that Obama is an extreme long shot to win enough white vote to take any Southern state besides... Full Article At Time - The Page
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A Conservative Minister Watches Out for Obama in Smalltown West Virginia
By Alec MacGillis In the past few days, two of my colleagues here at The Post have set out to describe how false rumors about Barack Obama spread within the electorate, both on the Web and within small communities. The rumors have become so widespread... Full Article At Washington Post - The Trail
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New boss Steve Schmidt set to tighten McCain's campaign
Yesterday, John McCain put Steve Schmidt in charge of his campaign, while former campaign jefe Rick Davis was moved into heading the veep search, fundraising, etc. We had some questions, and we've now some answers, thanks in part to a McCain... Full Article At Redstate
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Ex-Bush Spokesman Promoted In McCain Shake-Up
One of John McCain's top lieutenants is getting a battlefield promotion. Steve Schmidt, a former spokesman for President Bush's 2004 re-Election campaign, has received a promotion at McCain... Full Article At NPR - Election 2008
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Dem Newcomer Faces Long — but Better — Odds Against Virginia Rep. Goode
Democrats rarely have bothered to put up much of a fight to unseat Virgil H. Goode Jr., the Republican — and former conservative democrat — who is in his sixth term representing... Full Article At CQ Politics
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A New Political Geography
When Sen. Barack Obama chose the Nissan Pavilion in the outer suburbs of Northern Virginia to kick off his general-Election campaign, one of the... Full Article At Washington Post
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Jim Webb's VP Prospects Helped By Passage Of GI Bill
Speculation about Virginia Sen. Jim Webb's prospects as a candidate for the Democratic vice presidential nomination got a boost last week with... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Weekend in Review: Debt Relief, Darren Dopp
Jason Horowitz reports from Hillary Clinton's speech at a boys' high school graduation, where an actor from CSI gave her a $2,300 check on stage. Barack Obama is going to Europe... Full Article At The NY Observer - Politics
McCain Camp to Respond to McCaskill
The Republican’s campaign schedules a 1 pm ET conference call to respond to a comment from Obama supporter Sen. McCaskill about Iraq. Call will include ... Full Article At Time - The Page
McCain Buys Up Air Time in Virginia
Talking Points Memo: The presumptive GOP nominee’s campaign purchased minute-long spot in at least four major markets including Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke and Tri-Cities. Source adds that the modest buy set to begin airing next Tuesday... Full Article At Time - The Page
McCain Campaign Buys Ad Time In Historically Red Virginia
Here's a sign that the McCain campaign could be worried that Obama has a real chance of winning in Virginia, a state that's historically voted red but has been trending blue. The McCain... Full Article At The American Prospect Election Central
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Top 10 Congressional Campaign Credit Card Chargers (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Catering for Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia: $14,063. A fundraising event for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio during an... Full Article At Yahoo! News - Politics
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Top 10 Congressional Campaign Credit Card Chargers
Catering for Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia: $14,063. A fundraising event for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio during an ... Full Article At CQ Politics
First Major Independent Ad Benefiting McCain To Begin Next Week
Politico's Mike Allen report s on the first Independent advertisement to be run on behalf of McCain: The first major Independent advertising benefiting Senator McCain will begin next week... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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McCain to get air cover from group
Vets for Freedom to launch a million-dollar TV buy in Ohio, Virginia and New Mexico.... Full Article At Politico.com
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Mike Stark!
Good for him : [Mike] Stark, a 39-year-old former computer programmer and third-year law student at the University of Virginia, made a name for himself through his uncanny ability to get past the screeners for Mr. O’Reilly and Mr. Limbaugh and... Full Article At Corrente
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POLL: SurveyUSA Virginia
SurveyUSA 6/20-22/08 - 630 LV, 4% Virginia Obama 49%, McCain 47%... Full Article At Pollster.com
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Local Newspaper Gushes Over Obama With Gusto of National Press
When it comes to fawning over Barack Obama, it seems that no media outlet is too obscure for bias. The Old Bridge Observer, a small, weekly newspaper published in Northern Virginia, printed a gushing... Full Article At Newsbusters