October 31, 2008

New Mexico governor visits area for Obama

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama may be ahead in the polls nationally and in Virginia, but New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has one piece of advice for Obama’s Charlottesville-area supporters: The election isn’t over yet.

Warner maintains lead over Gilmore

Former Gov. Mark R. Warner continues to hold a colossal lead over former Gov. Jim Gilmore in the race to replace John W. Warner in the U.S. Senate.


October 29, 2008

McCain’s mother visits regional GOP office

Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s 96-year-old mother dropped by the Charlottesville region’s GOP campaign office Wednesday


October 22, 2008

Obama edging rival McCain in statewide poll

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has taken a slight lead among Virginia voters, pulling ahead of Republican John McCain in the past two weeks, a new statewide poll has found.


October 10, 2008

Hero is only real choice

One candidate served in the Navy as a field grade officer, flew 23 combat missions and acquitted himself heroically while being tortured in a communist POW camp for more than five years.


September 28, 2008

Warner promises coalition made of ‘Radical Centrists’

If elected to the U.S. Senate on Nov. 4, Democrat Mark R. Warner promises to establish a bipartisan coalition of like-minded moderate lawmakers that he calls the “Radical Centrists.”

McCain deserves our vote

John McCain has earned the vote of every American who ever wore the uniform of our nation.


September 26, 2008

Campaign advisers to debate health care

Senior medical advisers to Democratic nominee Barack Obama and Republican nominee John McCain will debate health care issues facing the next administration next week at the University of Virginia.


September 12, 2008

McCain ready to handle threats

Ever since the collapse of Athenian democracy following the Peloponnesian War, tyrants have scorned democracy and sneered contemptuously at the people “You can’t handle freedom.”

An election of great importance

I have been voting for more than 40 years, but this is the election of my lifetime.


August 29, 2008

UVa politicos call selection ‘brilliant’

Republican John McCain’s selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate was a “brilliant” pick, according to two University of Virginia political scientists.


August 28, 2008

Obama accepts nomination

Surrounded by an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the “broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush” Thursday night as he embarked on the final lap of his audacious bid to become the nation’s first black president.


July 13, 2008

Nader talks issues he feels Obama, McCain are neglecting

Anti-corporation sentiments flourished at Gravity Lounge on Sunday afternoon, where White House hopeful Ralph Nader stopped by on his independent presidential campaign tour.

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