Tuesday, January 28, 2014

News from Virginia

++The Virginia GOP says the Attorney General not defending the marriage law in the state is akin to the Dred Scott decision. In this state that's is progress that the GOP thinks the Dred Scott decision was awful.

++To give you a hint, the city of Alexandria is thinking about repealing a law in 2014 that mandates that north to south roads be named after Confederate military heroes. 

++My Williams classmate Don Beyer, former attorney-general of Virginia and the current ambassador to Switzerland,will run as a Democrat for the seat of Jim Moran,my retiring congressman.

++Moran's retirement is sort of sad. I no longer can say my congressman can beat up yours. 

++The Democrats won the Senate yesterday with a recount where their candidate won with 11 votes. 

++Former Republican Senator John Warner endorsed Democrat Mark Warner for re-election. The last three polls showed Warner beating Gillespie,the lobbyist for Enron and former RNC chair.

++The GOP controlled assembly want to make it legal for citizens to own mines, bazookas and machine-guns.


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