The Democratic National Committee just announced that its fall meeting will be in Austin. Been a while since Texas went blue in a national contest. Been a while since Democrats controlled the Governor's Mansion and lots of other statewide offices,...
Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, met Wednesday with party donors and grass-roots volunteers in Dallas. The party leader told activists that he would focus on pushing President Barack Obama's policy agenda in Texas and other states....
RICHMOND, Va. - Barack Obama is focusing on national security issues today. He met with a team of foreign policy advisers before stumping with Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and former governor Mark Warner, who is trying to win a...
The host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central had great fun last night ridiculing Karl Rove, Bill O'Reilly and other conservative yakmeisters for contradicting themselves as they've rallied to defend Sarah Palin. For example, Rove says he finds...
Several weeks ago, Republican uber-strategist Karl Rove appeared on CBS' Face the Nation and questioned the qualifications of Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine who was believed to be under consideration as Barack Obama's running mate. "With all due respect again to...
I feel a little silly calling it the "Dawn Patrol" today because i know our bureau chief Christy Hoppe got up, literally, at dawn to meet up with some party stalwart types downtown. Which is about 30 minutes away when...
If Barack Obama names U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards as his running mate, "Chet's reputation in Texas is such that Texas could be in play during the election," says John Cullar, chairman of the McLennan County Democratic Party, headquartered in...
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is scheduled to address the Texas delegation to the Democratic National Convention next Wednesday. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is talking to Texans at the Denver convention on Monday. Does this mean Kaine and Sebelius are...
Probably not much, actually. But everyone's weighing every tiny thing for possible hints about who Obama might pick, so here's my little contribution: musings on where the state delegations are seated at the Pepsi Center for the Democratic National Convention....
Paul Goldman, a Virginia Democrat who was a top adviser and state party chairman for former Gov. Douglas Wilder, often takes an unconventional view of politics. And he's just done so again by suggesting that John McCain's best choice as...
Conventional wisdom knocked Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine off the Obama short list today when ex-Gov. Mark Warner, currently a U.S. Senate candidate, got the nod as keynote speaker at the Democratic convention. That's a Tuesday night slot. The veep will...
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