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Virginia parties gear for collision course

The News Virginian - Wed Dec 2, 12:06 am ET

A year ago, Virginia Democrats were celebrating the first statewide victory by a presidential candidate in 44 years with Barack Obama ’s win in Old Dominion.

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Pessimism abounds that McDonnell can fix transportation
WTOP Radio Washington, DC - Wed Nov 11, 11:41 pm ET
Bob McDonnell won election as governor on the promise of digging Virginia out of its transportation mess, without raising a cent of new taxes. But the Republican governor-elect's plan to fund a languishing road and rail network has done little to spark optimism that his administration will succeed where others have failed.
Voters turning toward GOP: poll
New York Post - Wed Nov 11, 12:51 pm ET
Fresh off major Election Day victories in Virginia and New Jersey, Republicans got another boost Wednesday with a new Gallup poll that shows registered voters favoring the GOP over Democrats if the 2010 congressional election were held today. The Gal...
Hyde officially in the mix
Jacksonville Daily Record - Wed Nov 11, 10:59 am ET
With daughters Michal and Virginia, wife Kathi and Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland looking on, City Council member Kevin Hyde makes his mayoral run official Tuesday by filing the necessary paperwork.
Recent elections show Republican return to political popularity
The Mace & Crown - Wed Nov 11, 2:00 am ET
The results for three special elections to replace the governor, attorney general and lieutenant governor of Virginia ushered in a victory for the Republican Party. Another victory for the GOP came in the from of a new governor of New Jersey.
Houck paints dire budget picture to city and Spotsy
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star - Wed Nov 11, 1:16 am ET
If you could declare the recession over today, it still wouldn't mean a return to rosy times for state and local governments. State Sen. Edd Houck, D-Spotsylvania, attended meetings of the Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors and the Fredericksburg City Council last night to deliver a sobering message on the budget crisis the state faces, and the difficult decisions that state cuts are likely to ...
N.J., Va. made right choice for governors
The Hawk - Tue Nov 10, 11:00 pm ET
If there's one take-home message from the gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, it's that Americans have had enough. With concerns over national-and family-finances, many voters are adopting increasingly conservative attitudes. Republican Chris Christie's victory in the Garden State and Bob McDonnell's win in Virginia last week showed that voters in each state aren't just ...
OUR VIEW: Promise keeper
The Bland County Messenger - Tue Nov 10, 5:18 pm ET
Back in August, U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher promised an Abingdon town hall meeting that he wouldn’t vote for any health care plans that figured on the government competing with private businesses.
Losing Legacy
Style Weekly - Tue Nov 10, 2:22 pm ET
The Republican thumping of 2009 forever damages the political legacy of the state’s ranking Democrat, Gov. Tim Kaine.
Presumptive Politics
Style Weekly - Tue Nov 10, 2:22 pm ET
Much like the Mary Sue Terry debacle in 1993, too many assumptions doomed the Democrats and Creigh Deeds.
Misaligned
Style Weekly - Tue Nov 10, 2:07 pm ET
How Virginia Democrats overestimated the power of Obama and underestimated the importance of independent voters.