Saslaw and “magic bullets”
Amidst the backdrop of the president’s visit to Tuscon and the challenges we face as a community here in the commonwealth, Senate Democratic Leader Dick Saslaw calls Gov. Bob McDonnell’s policies “magic bullets.”
General Assembly gets ready to kick-off
The Virginia General Assembly begins its “short” session today at noon. State of the Commonwealth is tonight at 7 p.m.
Habeeb and Stanley win!
Greg Habeeb, a periodic Bearing Drift contributor, and Bill Stanley, who BD endorsed for Republican Party of Virginia chairman, have…
Bipartisan redistricting? McDonnell should have let it go
Bob McDonnell’s new bipartisan redistricting commission could have been left on the table.
It’s alive! Print magazine is published
Bearing Drift’s “Virginia Politics On Demand” magazine has been published and will be arriving around the commonwealth this week.
Words you can no longer use in politics
Words I never want to see a liberal use ever again.
Those dangerous mobile devices
The Virginia Board of Education is seeking to prohibit teachers and students from being “Facebook Friends.”
U.S. House Republican leadership/Leader Cantor set-up social media / web accounts
It’s fairly safe to say that the GOP, who once was behind in Web 2.0, at this point, has surpassed the Democrats online and in social networking.
Roanoke Times reluctantly endorses Habeeb
The Roanoke Times acted as if it just got a root canal – something that might be necessary, but is…
Special election in the 91st set
Governor Bob McDonnell has called Mar. 8 for the special election to fill the seat of retiring Del. Tom Gear…