About six hundred happy Virginians packed into the Cavalier Hotel last evening to welcome home Governor-elect Bob McDonnell and his family. It was an opportunity to have, less than a week later, their own victory party for a favorite of this region. However, while that celebration was going on, at least five candidates were getting ready for the next campaign. Congressional candidates Scott Rigell,...
What gets to me most about both Chris and Ken Stolle is their sense of entitlement - that somehow the Virginia Beach world is their oyster. Just mention the word "Stolle" and doors are somehow supposed to automatically open. As I mentioned before (" Chris Stolle Hasn't Done Shit for Virginia Beach "), there is nothing beyond the 9 to 5 on Chris Stolle's resume - no community service,...
As discussed previously, the House health care reform bill (HR 3200) meets or exceeds all seven of Rep. Glenn Nye's "Principles of Health Care Reform." Putting aside the policy issues, let's look at it from a strictly political viewpoint: Nye beat incumbent Thelma Drake 52%-42% . Barack Obama beat John McCain in the 2nd District 51%-49% . I assume that most of the same people who voted for...
Congressional Quarterly reports : Presidential Support: the frequency with which lawmakers vote with the president when he clearly indicates his preferences. Party Unity: the frequency with which they vote with their party, on occasions when a majority of Republicans oppose a majority of Democrats. Sen. Jim Webb: Presidential Support: 96% Party Unity: 85% Sen. Mark Warner: Presidential Support: 94%...
Glenn Nye, much safer with a fourth rate GOP opponent The GOP had high hopes that state Senator Ken Stolle would challenge Blue Dog freshman Glenn Nye for his Norfolk, VA-based congressional seat. Nye beat freshman right-winger Thelma Drake soon after Drake took over for another Republican wingnut, Ed Schrock, a viciously anti-gay sociopath who was caught soliciting young men on a phone sex line in...
Republicans are practically lining up to take on U.S. Rep. Glenn Nye in 2010. Nye, a Democrat, narrowly won Virginia's 2nd Congressional District away from Republican Thelma Drake, largely riding a Democratic wave built by Barack Obama and Mark Warner. Republicans know that Nye won't be able to rely on the power at the top of the ticket next fall, so they are gunning for him in Washington. Car dealer...
What’s Glenn Nye’s campaign slogan going to be? “Don’t vote for a Republican - he’ll vote just like me!” Glenn Nye’s first six months in office has got to have Democrats wondering why they worked so hard to replace Thelma Drake. Although Nye voted for the Obama stimulus package that promised to keep unemployment under 8% (It’s now 9.5%), Nye voted with...
I sent several emails to Rep. Glen Nye urging his support for the ACES climate change bill and more emails expressing my disappointment after he voted against it. I received two different emails from him in response: In one email, Nye said I will be pleased to know the bill passed, praising it as "a comprehensive approach that charts a new course toward a clean energy economy" and "will...
The panelists have been announced for a proposed televised debate between Bob McDonnell, able and virtuous leader running to turn the Virginia economy around, and Creigh Deeds, massive tax and spender who one year ago today voted to enact regional sales and gas taxes on Hampton Roads and adding state tax increases on top of it. The impartial and non-partisan panelists: AARP Virginia State President...
Just how important is passage of this American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act? It's so important that the League of Conservation Voters is calling this vote a " litmus test " and is threatening to withhold their endorsement in 2010 to any Congressperson voting against ACES. All indications are that ACES will be up for a full House vote by Friday. Now is the time to act , especially...
Today's Virginian-Pilot offers rebuttals to this LTE appearing on Saturday: Rebuttals: Rep. Glenn Nye's party loyalty RE 'IS NYE a Democrat?' (letters, June 20): An elected official is employed by his constituents. If 2nd District Democratic Rep. Glenn Nye is voting the Republican way on a policy rather than Democratic, maybe it is because he disagrees with the policy. I appreciate an elected official...
Good story in The Hill magazine recently looking at U.S. Rep. Glenn Nye and the potential that the Navy could move an aircraft carrier to Mayport, Florida. Nye's role becomes central in the debate over home-porting a carrier in Florida because his district includes Hampton Roads - and the largest naval base in the world - and Republicans are already targeting him in 2010 - because it was a close victory...
Former congresswoman Thelma Drake has a new job. As the Virginian-Pilot reports today, she is "a consultant at the Richmond-based law, lobbying and consulting firm, FutureLaw" where she "expects to work in areas such as alternative energy and commercial real estate." Considering how Thelma Drake along with State Senator Frank Wagner are the original instigators of Virginia Lease...
Commonsense Virginia is out with its 3rd ad now playing in the Northern Virginia media markets. As the Washington Post reports "For the moment, at least, it seems the Democratic political action committee Common Sense Virginia, and its patron saint, the Democratic Governor's Association, has virtually endless money to spend softening the ground for whichever Democrat the party nominates in the...
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