Magazine

  • Virginia Shows The Nation How To Create Jobs
    January 21, 2011

    “Our job creation efforts are based on a clear understanding that it is the private sector that creates jobs, not the government.”
    - Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling
  • Meet the New Majority Leader
    January 20, 2011

    “When the General Assembly is in session, everyone seems to have a good idea and has a spending program that they believe should be funded. If you don’t have a philosophy of a limited government that focuses on the core functions, then everything sounds good and you will wind up voting for nearly everything.”
    - Republican Leader Kirk Cox
  • Redistricting in Virginia – The Ins and Outs
    January 20, 2011

    Redistricting and reapportionment are both critical endeavors that are potential game changers in politics at both the state and federal level. Given our focus on single-member districts (where one individual represents one district drawn based on population), how these lines are drawn, who is included, and what their political – and often racial and ethnic – affiliations are, can make a huge difference in the shape and tenor of Virginia’s politics.

  • 2010 – The Year in Review
    January 20, 2011

    The winter of 2010 turned out to be one of Virginia’s coldest in nearly 25 years, but as though Providence was smiling upon the Old Dominion, the day of Robert F. McDonnell’s Inauguration to be Virginia’s 71st Governor dawned sunny and mild. McDonnell took the office promising a Commonwealth of Opportunity.
  • Checkup on Health Care
    January 20, 2011

    From creating Virginia’s Health Benefits Exchange to tackling explosive Medicaid costs and suing the federal government, Virginia leaders are looking at full agenda for health care policy in 2011. In the end, they hope more people will get better value for their health care dollar.

  • A Glance at the Governor’s Budget Proposals
    January 20, 2011

    During a December speech to members of the Senate Finance, House Appropriations and House Finance Committees, McDonnell directed funds to areas that directly benefit job creation, including: Economic Development, Higher Education, Transportation, and Government Reform.

  • Can NoVA jeopardize GOP control of the State Senate?
    January 20, 2011

    Even though 2011 promises to be a good year with the anti-incumbent mood so strong, and Northern Virginia already being a battleground for Republicans, many Republicans will silently be asking themselves if late primaries and a multitude of candidates can actually help the party.

  • It’s alive! Print magazine is published
    January 11, 2011

    Bearing Drift’s “Virginia Politics On Demand” magazine has been published and will be arriving around the commonwealth this week.
  • Bearing Drift magazine to be in print!
    December 2, 2010

    After having a great first year and eight electronic issues under our belt, it’s time for us to take that next step: We’re going to print!
  • November e-zine: Dr. Quentin Kidd – The Vicious Cycle of American Elections
    November 19, 2010

    To understand the results of elections today, one has to understand the three major parts that make up the electorate and the forces that motivate those parts.