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The Rothenberg Political Report (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
By Nathan L. Gonzales and John McArdle Despite polling and fundraising numbers that show him badly trailing his Democratic opponent, former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore (R) expressed optimism Tuesday night about his chances of winning a U.S. Senate seat this fall. “It’s turning our way,” Gilmore said on the convention floor, just before President Bush spoke to the crowd by a video link. The Republican’s...
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SWAC Girl (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The Roaring Twenties meet the Modern Age at the "W" hotel in downtown Minneapolis. Thursday's Target-sponsored luncheon was held at The Foshay in an elegant setting featuring Congressman Eric Cantor, Congressman Tom Davis, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, Atty. Gen. Bob McDonnell, former Gov. Jim Gilmore, Del. Chris Saxman, Del. Tim Hugo, the Ambassador from Ethiopia, Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel, and others....
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The Shad Plank (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
With former Gov. Jim Gilmore making the rounds at the Republican National Convention, Gov. Mark R. Warner is still barnstorming around the state. On Thursday, Warner is swining through Surry and on to the Smithfield Packaging Plant and back to mainstreet Smithfield. Warner does retail politics without blinking and he's always on the move. With just a couple of months left, you can expect Warner to...
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Spank That Donkey (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Lowell keeps the so ft balls coming as he tries to criticize Tim Kaine and Republicans for our current $1 billion dollar shortfall in revenues. Exactly how does that square up with the 'Jim Gilmore drove Virginia into the financial ditch'? What recessions happen? I am so glad that Lowell is exposing what has been the largest and longest lasting hypocritical propaganda campaign against a Governor in...
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Raising Kaine - Front Page (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Jim Gilmore has the most unintentionally funny quotes of the day. * "I have a national following. I'm a national leader." Yeah, right, that's why Gilmore completely tanked when he ran for the Republican presidential nomination, and that's why he's raising no money for his long-long-longshot U.S. Senate bid against Mark Warner. * "I'm looking forward to the day I can go into the Senate with solid,...
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Washington Wire (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Aaron Rutkoff reports from St. Paul, Minn., on the Republican convention. Political convention have an unusual celebrity calculus. An established television star like former Rep. Joe Scarborough , now a host on MSNBC, can walk past the food concession and generate a little buzz among bystanders. But Senate candidate Jim Gilmore , a former Virginia governor who probably goes unrecognized most places...
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Spank That Donkey (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Jim Gilmore understands 'supply and demand', and so do the Iranians! How about this comment from our foes in the Middle East that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, et al like to empower by limiting our domestic production of oil: Gholam Hossein Nozar, Iran’s oil minister, said the market was oversupplied. “ Oil supply must be well proportioned with demand and control over Opec’s excess oil supply is an issue...
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Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Both Mark Warner and Jim Gilmore spent Labor Day at the parade in Buena Vista, where modern Virginia fall campaigns have traditionally started: BUENA VISTA, Va., Sept. 1 — Virginia’s top Senate candidates clashed verbally after marching in this city’s annual Labor Day parade, kicking off a general election campaign that threatens to become overshadowed by [...]
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
DETROIT & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The contracting economic environment in the U.S. and the need to effectively manage portfolio activities abroad is driving Chief Marketing Officers
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Spark It Up!!! (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Reports are coming in. The crowd was huge and I am hearing Jim Gilmore cleaned a red faced Mark Warner's clock. From the "Drill Now" oil rig floats to the speeches it sounds like Warner was rattled! I am also hearing Warner the debate ducker has agreed to a debate in less than 20 days. Kinda funny since Lowell Feld posted recently "...future Senator Mark Warner doesn't want to waste any
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The Krehbiel Strikes Back (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
I was curious to see how many third parties made it onto the ballot here in Virginia, so I went over to the Virginia State Board of Elections . Here are the candidates that will be appearing on the ballot in Virginia for U.S. Senate: Jim Gilmore (R) Gail Parker (Independent Green Party, and still the best campaign theme song ever) William Redpath (Libertarian Party) Mark Warner (D) I can't find any...
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Spank That Donkey (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
Quack, Quack, I really didn't veto a bill to allow Off Shore Drilling... really, have I ever lied before? Mark Warner's refusal to debate Jim Gilmore when he is sitting on a 15 -20 point lead in the polls clearly sends the message that Jim Gilmore has the issues to beat him. Energy/High Gas Prices: Gilmore is for drilling in ANWR, and for off-shore drilling here in Virginia. Warner has always been...
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The Shad Plank (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
In our live-blog session yesterday (see below), former governor and current GOP Senate candidate Jim Gilmore would predict only that presidential candidate John McCain would make a VP choice that would be good for "McCain-Gilmore" in Virginia. Spank that Donkey believes that McCain has made exactly that choice in Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin: All Jim needs is for the two governors to go on a barnstorming...
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Spank That Donkey (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
There could not have been a better VP pick for Jim Gilmore than Ms Palin, Governor of Alaska! All Jim needs is for the two governors to go on a barnstorming trip a couple times around Virginia, with Ms. Palin simply saying: We need to elect a Senator who we can TRUST to vote for drilling off shore and in ANWR. The press couldn't ignore it, and it's completely free, and will be a powerful message to...
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Spank That Donkey (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
RK has a point, if a candidate feels that a debate is not to their benefit they just decline them. Mark Warner has a very real reason why he doesn't want to get into the free TV public arena with Jim Gilmore. Debunking patently false statements like this: Yeah, well that's great, but it might have just the tiniest bit of credibility if Gilmore hadn't dodged debates with Bob Marshall (who came within...
