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Va. Senate Candidate: Hank the Cat

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:02:27 CST

Virginians have a couple of predictable picks in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Jim Webb: Democrat Tim Kaine, a former governor, or Republican George Allen, also a, uh, former governor. But for those yearning in their souls to vote for a non-former governor, meet Hank. The Springfield native is...

Republicans Are Cannibals? It's Offensive to Cannibals

John Johnson — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:24:21 CDT

Dana Milbank thinks DNC chief Tim Kaine should apologize for likening the GOP and the Tea Party to the Donner Party. "Comparing Republicans to cannibals is deeply offensive," he writes in the Washington Post . "To the cannibals." For one thing, the Donners (and Milbank says he's a distant relation) had...

Plouffe: Dems Can Hang On

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:28:31 CDT

With their party in a full-blown November panic, two top Democrats went on the offensive today, with David Plouffe telling Meet the Press that Dems "can maintain control in both chambers if we make this a choice between" his party's candidates and a "crave and crass" GOP. Plouffe said the...

Dems' November Platform: GOP=Tea Party

Kevin Spak — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:55:10 CDT

Has the Tea Party movement become a liability for Republicans? Democrats sure think so. Even as Republicans rush to establish their Tea Party bona fides, the DNC plans to launch a campaign linking the party to the movement, sources tell the AP . The goal is to paint the GOP as...

GOP Gov: Media Giving Obama 'Longest Wet Kiss in Political History'

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:00:25 CDT

Health reform resulted in "the longest wet kiss in political history given to the Obama administration by the liberal media elite," Haley Barbour told This Week, "and every day that goes by, it gets sloppier ." "I don't know what channels Haley watches, but that's a lousy wet kiss because it's...

Va. Governor Removes Gays From Discrimination Policy

Will McCahill — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:31:00 CST

Gay state workers in Virginia are no longer protected from discrimination after new Republican governor Bob McDonnell excised sexual orientation from the state’s policy. McDonnell’s predecessor, Democrat Tim Kaine, added protection for homosexuals and veterans days after he took office in 2006, Talking Points Memo notes; McDonnell aides say the...

RNC's Steele to Reid: Step Down

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:09:35 CST

Harry Reid has put his foot squarely in his mouth with quotes about President Obama's lack of "Negro dialect," and Michael Steele would like him to take it out long enough to say, "I quit." "Remember this is a leader who only a few weeks ago was using the context...

'Barry From DC' Calls Radio Show

Kevin Spak — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:15:00 CST

Tim Kaine got a big surprise in his final radio show today, when he got a call from “Barry in DC,” who was no sooner on the air than he revealed, “Well, uh, governor, this is, uh, actually the president of the United States calling.” Obama had phoned in to...

Va. Gov Denies Clemency to DC Sniper

John Johnson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:13:30 CST

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has denied clemency for Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad, clearing the way for Muhammad's execution at 9pm tonight. Muhammad, whose appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court yesterday, will die by lethal injection, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch . His 2002 shooting spree with younger accomplice Lee Boyd...