Democratic Party gubernatorial-nomination candidate Creigh Deeds met with about 30 local voters in March at Blue Mountain Coffee in Staunton. Deeds addressed questions from voters on education, transportation and government reform, then talked one-on-one with AFP editor Chris Graham about his campaign for the nomination and the upcoming June 9 party primary. Length: 16:54.
Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination candidate Terry McAuliffe was in Harrisonburg in January as part of his statewide campaign kickoff tour. AFP editor Chris Graham reporting. Length: 3:34.
Democratic Party gubernatorial-nomination candidate Brian Moran was in Waynesboro in February to talk up his ideas for improving access to health care for Virginia children. Moran talked with a dozen Waynesboro-area voters at Chickpeas in Downtown Waynesboro at the event. AFP editor Chris Grahan reporting. Length: 8:45.
AFP editor Chris Graham sat down with Democratic Party lieutenant governor nomination candidate Pat Edmonson in February to talk about her campaign. Edmonson, a member of the Virginia Beach School Board, entered the race for the party nomination in January. Length: 9:52.
Jon Bowerbank is running for the Democratic Party nomination for lieutenant governor in 2009. AFP editor Chris Graham reports on Bowerbank’s January visit to Waynesboro to meet with the local news media. Length: 6:24.
25th District Democratic Party nomination candidate Greg Marrow sits down with AFP editor Chris Graham for a wide-ranging one-on-one interview. Graham and Marrow, 44, of McGaheysville, talk economic development, community involvement and the uphill battle that the eventual Democratic nominee will face in the 25th. Length: 7:34.
This Fourth of July, America celebrates its 233rd birthday. Concurrent with the celebration, over 6,000 immigrants were naturalized as citizens in commemoration programs throughout the United States (including New Jersey’s Liberty Island and Betsy Ross House in Pennsylvania). Unfortunately, millions of American residents who are “yearning to breathe fr […]
The economy has to be the driving issue of the 2009 Virginia governor’s race. The Creigh Deeds campaign looks to get a leg up in the race with the announcement on Thursday of the formation of Business Leaders for Deeds. AFP editor Chris Graham was on the phone with the Democratic Party nominee, U.S. Sen. [...]
“This letter is nothing more than grandstanding by a struggling campaign,” the campaign manager said regarding a letter from a political rival issuing a challenge for a series of debates across the Commonwealth. “For a politician who claims to be all about straight talk, this letter is more about publicity than public service,” the ca […]
The House recently passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act , an important step toward protecting our environment and building a clean energy economy. ACES has generated a lot of strong opinions, for and against, especially in the environmental community. Now, I’m not a scientist or a policy wonk, but I did help start and [...]
Dear EarthTalk: As I understand it, “clean” coal really isn’t—yet the Bush Administration gushed strongly for it. What is Obama’s take on it? - John Zippert, Eutaw, Ala. Barack Obama and George W. Bush differ in many ways, but both have embraced so-called “clean coal” for providing an ongoing supply of cheap and readily available ener […]
The date: July 31, 1991 The place: Moscow The players: George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev Mr. Gorbachev had this to say: Mr. President, in recent months and weeks, the Kremlin, a symbol of our nation's centuries-old history, has been the scene of events that will shape this country's future. Tomorrow it will witness another such event, the s […]
Sarah Palin and her attorneys are threatening lawsuits against any media outlets speculating about investigations into financial improprieties relating to the Palins and the Wasilla Sports Complex. In related news, Alaska's FBI spokesperson says there is no FBI investigation of the Governor. Meanwhile, Levi Johnston is said to be shopping a tell all b […]
One important thing happened in the battle for the Balance of Power in Congress this week, and it did not have a damned thing to do with either Sarah Palin or Mark Sanford. The NRCC unleashed a media assault this week, and in so doing tipped their hands both on their target list and their issues agenda as we head into 2010. Last week, by a 219-212 vote, th […]
Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown By Edmund L. Andrews W. W. Norton, New York: May 2009 Hardcover, 240 pages, $25.95, 240 pages Gimme Shelter By Mary Elizabeth Williams Simon & Schuster, New York: March 2009 Hardcover, 336 pages, $26.00 If there is anybody who should have avoided the mortgage catastrophe, it is me. As an economics report […]
Several events of the past week should be a wake-up call to the Obama administration. Bottom line: the medicine isn't working. Stronger stuff is needed. Consider: The June Unemployment Numbers. The green-shoots school was expecting that the rising rate of unemployment would continue to slow, as it did in May. But instead the number spiked bac […]
MOSCOW — Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev end a seven-year hiatus in U.S.-Russian summitry on Monday, with each declaring his determination to further cut nuclear arsenals and repair a badly damaged relationship. Both sides appear to want to use progress on arms control as a pathway to possible agreement on trickier issues, includi […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he doesn't like his golf swing and the ball never goes where he wants. Obama told Russian state-run Rossiya TV and ITAR-TASS news agency that he's been working on his golf game lately. However, he disclosed in the interview that he hasn't had much success. The president, who has […]
WASHINGTON — The nation's top military officer said Sunday he has advised President Barack Obama to move "in a measured way" in changing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military. Obama as a candidate pledged to end the ban. As president, he has not said when or ho […]
A leading congressional Democrat and Republican both expressed disappointment Sunday with the pace of the government's economic stimulus program, but offered differing views on whether it was a good idea.
Ward A: Second Presbyterian Church, 133 N Delphine Avenue Ward B: Waynesboro Public Library, 600 S. Wayne Avenue Ward C: Former Wayne Hills Elementary School, 937 Fir Street Ward D: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1904 Mount Vernon Street