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Conservative Grassroots Strategy Propels Brown to Senate

By | 01.20.10 | 6:45 am

BOSTON — The volunteers, journalists, and donors who entered the ballroom of the Park Plaza Hotel on Tuesday were greeted by enthusiasm that didn’t usually belong to Republican campaigns in Massachusetts. The room was packed–no one else allowed in–only an hour after the polls closed. And among the throngs were More…

McCain Attemps to Turn the Tide in Virginia

By | 10.13.08 | 10:20 am

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — I arrived here in the late evening Sunday, in advance of a scheduled McCain-Palin rally this morning at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. A very informal survey of local businesses reveals this town embodies Sen. John McCain’s problems in this state.

My hotel, next door to More…

Virginia Looks Ever More Blue

By | 10.10.08 | 5:54 pm

Friday afternoon, former Virginia state Sen. Russ Potts, who once ran for governor as an independent, opened his Winchester home for a landmark event. Ten prominent Republicans gathered to endorse the Senate campaign of former Gov. Mark Warner before a fund-raiser attended by 200 people — Republicans, Democrats, independents.

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BREAKING: Landslide Obama Victory

By | 10.07.08 | 9:55 am

New narrative alert: Sen. Barack Obama will win this election — in a landslide.

But wait, weren’t all the experts and pundits worrying about Obama’s demise just one month ago? Well times change.

Markets fall. Running mates get exposed as embarassingly unqualified. So now this week’s conventional wisdom — first More…

Obama Tours ‘God’s Country,’ Va.

By | 09.09.08 | 5:39 pm

LEBANON, Va. – “This is God’s country,” said Sen. Barack Obama, to loud applause from 2,400 Virginians who packed a gym here to capacity. Obama ripped Sen. John McCain’s economic agenda. He said there was something “un-American” and “fundamentally wrong” with an economy that doesn’t allow children to do better More…