I was exhausted and slept for like 20 hours before I finally woke up this morning, or else I would have had this post up earlier. But anyways:

Democrats seize control of Virginia's Senate!!! Chap Petersen won in Fairfax, and Gerry Connoly "steamrolled to a second term" as chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. My Supervisor won ( Read more... )

WaPo says Democrats are leading in early results.
Democrats jumped into an early lead in some key state Senate returns in Virginia this evening with only scattered precincts reporting, raising hopes for the party that Tuesday's election will hand them control of the chamber for the first time in a decade ( Read more... )

I voted!


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HEY VIRGINIANS, THERE'S AN ELECTION TODAY. Polls are open from 6am to 7pm, so you can totally make it before or after work. If you haven't been following the elections, WaPo has a great voters guide to check out ( Read more... )

I haven't been feeling too well the past couple days, so I've been kinda MIA. Sorry about that.

++ Post-debate, Hillary maintains her lead in the polls.

++ Newsweek's cover story this week is about Michael Bloomberg's possible upset of the 2008 race.

++ Poll finds Americans pessimistic, want change.

++ Edwards calls global warming 'great ( Read more... )

Just have to rant about something real quick. I was out at the Ballston Metro tonight, handing out flyers & urging commuters to vote this Tuesday, and you know what I heard all night?

"WAIT, THERE'S AN ELECTION TUESDAY?!?"

*headdesk*

Yes, there's an election in Virginia this Tuesday. Granted, it's a LOCAL election, so there's a lot of people who ( Read more... )

Today on my way to school, I met Jeanmarie Devolities-Davis at the Vienna Metro station. She was shaking hands & introducing herself to commuters, standing with a dude dressed up in an elephant costume (gettit? cause she's a Republican?) which would have been way more clever yesterday ( Read more... )

Have some links along with the candy you stole from your kids' Trick or Treat haul. ;)

++ A boy with matches started blaze, L.A. County says.

++ Public services union endorses Clinton.

++ I'm not sure she wants support from Lieberman though.

++ Jailed polygamist head admits he was 'immoral'++ WaPo's front page article on Tuesday's Democratic ( Read more... )

According to the latest polls, Mark Warner has a huge lead over the likely Republican challenger, Jim Gilmore. I can't wait for this election.

Meanwhile, Lowell at Raising Kaine talks about next Tuesday's elections:
Jim Webb said yesterday that 'the country is watching Virginia' to see what happens in next week's state legislative races." He's ( Read more... )

++ Preteens opting for sexier costumes. Which, I'm not a prude, but the oversexualization of little girls kind of freaks me out.

++ Ha, now there's a War on Halloween.

++ US promised Blackwater guards immunity, officials say. Oh, HELL NO.

++ In his wife's campaign, Bill Clinton is a free agent.

++ Candidates widely split on Iran.

++ Fred ( Read more... )