Could Conservatives Be Good for Dems in 2010?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2009 Tuesday's elections were dispiriting in some ways for Democrats, particularly in Virginia and New Jersey (not to mention Maine, though that issue cuts across party lines), but the New York Daily News' Michael McAuliff wonders whether another, more encouraging object lesson for 2010 might've happened in upstate New York. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

2009 Elections Don’t Foretell a Thing

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Nov 4, 2009 Advice to readers about the coming orgy of analysis about the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections: Ignore it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

GOP Scores a Win in Virginia Governor’s Race

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2009 A year ago, Virginia surprised the nation by skewing blue in the presidential election, handing Barack Obama a key win below the Mason-Dixon Line. However, this trend didn't extend into the 2009 gubernatorial race in the state, as the majority of Virginians voted in favor of conservative Republican Bob McDonnell on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hug Obama, Find the Moderates

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 29, 2009 Those are the two outstanding lessons from the campaigns for next Tuesday's governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia. Both parties would be smart to apply them in 2010. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Testing the Obama Effect

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 17, 2009 President Obama was the first Democrat to win Virginia's electoral votes since 1964, and his drop in the polls has already had a powerful influence on the direction of this year's contest for governor. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sen. Webb Wins Pledge for American’s Release in Myanmar

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2009 Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia negotiated his way into a meeting Saturday with Senior Gen. Than Shwe in Myanmar in which he secured a promise that detained American John Yettaw would be released and allowed to join him on a Bangkok-bound plane Sunday. Update Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land, Don’t Blow It

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2009 More than 2 million acres in nine states will be set aside as protected wilderness as soon as President Obama signs a bill just passed by Congress. Land in California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia will be off-limits to development. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The District of Pandemonium

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 16, 2009 Our nation's capital will survive the financial meltdown, the deepening recession and the plethora of foreign crises from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Whether Washington will survive Tuesday's inauguration, however, is an open question. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

For Howard Dean, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2008 The outgoing chairman of the Democratic National Committee fought to expand his party's reach to the red states that Barack Obama won. His pioneering Internet fundraisers became Obama's pioneering Internet fundraisers. He refused to budge on Florida and Michigan. So why is Howard Dean out in the cold? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Karl Rove Praises Obama’s Campaign Team

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2008 Bush's brain gets inside the minds of Obama campaign manager David Plouffe and strategist David Axelrod to explain the president-elect's success: "Messrs. Plouffe and Axelrod understood that over the last 28 years only 11 of 20 eligible Americans on average cast a presidential ballot. They focused on registering and motivating the other nine who don't usually vote." Yes, he wrote "Messrs." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Red Is Fading in a Virginia Bellwether

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Nov 4, 2008 The line for early voting wound up one side of a corridor in the Loudoun County voter registration office and down the other. Those in line were, collectively, the face of change in Virginia that could tip the state into the Democratic column for the first time since the LBJ landslide of 1964. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Is Ready to Be Tested

Staff / Truthdig Oct 23, 2008 The Democratic nominee embraced his running mate's gaffe on Wednesday, saying that the next president, regardless of who wins, will be tested after the election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )