Will challenge Democratic Sen. Mark Warner in Virginia
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Morning Must Reads: December 19
In the News: The NSA Report is Another Step Toward Ending War on Terror, the Global Market Response to the Fed, and the Uninsured are Skeptical of Obamacare
Morning Must Reads: November 4
In the News: Virginia governor’s race nears its end; Obamacare woes; Sen. Schumer endorses Clinton; and Double Down excerpt
For Cuccinelli and McAuliffe One Day Voting Is Still What Matters
For most Americans, the days when the polls are only open on the first Tuesday of November are long gone. But in Virginia, where the governor’s race between Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli will take center stage this Tuesday, …
Clintons Throw Weight Behind McAuliffe
Hillary stumped for him Saturday in Virginia
Inside the VP Pick: How Romney Decided on Ryan – and Kept the Secret
Dulles, Va.
Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate was the product of months of meticulous planning marked by locked rooms, deceptive flight patterns and surreptitious forays through the Wisconsin woods. …
Inside Obama’s Swing State Charm Tour
Winter Park, Florida
For a few minutes, it almost feels like 2008 again inside the air-conditioned gym. The raucous crowd is chanting and cheering and slinging I love you‘s. Before Barack Obama revs up his speech, they’re …
Virginia’s Virgil Goode: Could this Man Cost Mitt Romney the Presidency?
Virgil Goode glides through the doors of a McDonald’s in Farmville, VA, at 11:52 am and instantly three construction workers in the back booth rise to their feet. “I’ve been wanting to shake your hand a long time, sir,” says …
Political Pictures of the Week, July 14-20
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell Golf Claps President Obama
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a potential Republican vice presidential nominee and booster of Mitt Romney, greeted President Obama on a airport tarmac Friday with a golf glove in hand. “I thought that it would be an appropriate …
Virginia’s Tea Party True Believer Aims Higher
Republican sources say Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s crusading attorney general, is “highly likely” to announce a run for governor in 2013, as the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Washington Post report. A bid could set up an interesting contested Republican primary against the state’s lieutenant governor, Bill Bolling, who is expected to run to …
Could GOP Presidential Candidates Fail to Meet Ballot Requirements in Virginia?
Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman and perhaps even the surging Newt Gingrich might not have a shot at winning Virginia’s Republican presidential primary. As worried GOP officials in the state explain, that’s partly because there’s a chance some Republican presidential candidates might not even appear on the ballot.
Virginia’s primary, …
High Stakes in Ohio, Mississippi and Virginia as Voters Head to the Polls
The narrative arc you’re likely to hear on this Tuesday in early November is that today begins the yearlong countdown to the 2012 presidential contest. But Tuesday’s slate of off-year elections and ballot measures is laden with …