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I attended a campaign speech by Hillary Rodham Clinton today in Old Town Alexandria. What a privilege to hear her speak! She was articulate and inspiring and all-around wonderful. I can't believe what fantastic photos I got of her. It's hard to choose only a few.

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The results are in, and we did it! I was afraid even to hope the outcome of today's election would be as fantastic as it is!

Barack Obama has been re-elected President of the United States. Thank you, Ohio! We don't know if he's taken Virginia; the results are still being tallied here. But I am proud to say that in my own City of Alexandria, the ( Read more... )

And now, Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon tells why a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for the Zombie Apocalypse.

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Today is Election Day in some parts of Virginia. Here in Alexandria, there's a Democratic Primary for City Council (14 candidates; you can choose up to 6) and U.S. Congress (incumbent Jim Moran faces upstart Bruce Shuttleworth). If you need help deciding among those 14 Council candidates, and are interested in public education, check out the ( Read more... )

It was expected, but it still hurts. The Republicans won the governor's race. My biggest consolation is the good sense exhibited by my own city.

Results for Virginia:
Bob McDonnell (R) 59%
Creigh Deeds (D) 41%

Results for Alexandria:
Bob McDOnnell (R) 37%
Creigh Deeds (D) 63%

My excellent state delegate, Dave Englin (D), also won re-election. As did my ( Read more... )

I just put in an hour at George Washington Middle School precinct, handing out Democratic sample ballots. Soon I'm heading over to Mt. Vernon Rec Center precinct to put in an hour doing the same thing there. In between, I thought I'd take the opportunity to say to you Virginians:

GO VOTE!

If you haven't done it yet, go do it now. And vote for Creigh ( Read more... )

I'm having connection problems today. Thank you, Comcast. So I'm currently on LJ via a dial-up connection. You can imagine how much fun that is. I was hoping to post about the snarfari I went on yesterday. A snarfari is a historical-landmarks hunting trip. Each landmark you visit and photograph to log later onto the Markeroni website is called a " ( Read more... )

Congratulations to newly elected Alexandria School Board member Mimi Carter ( Read more... )