State’s voting history shows McDonnell victory was expected, not a referendum on Obama
Since the election of Democrat president Jimmy Carter in 1977, Virginians have elected governors from the opposite party of the president in each of the following off-year elections. Republican Bob McDonnell reinforced that trend last week, winning a decisive 58.61% of votes. The GOP also held onto the Lt. Governor’s post with incumbent Bill Bolling winning 56.51% of votes. The rout continued as Ken Cuccinelli waltzed into the Attorney General’s office with 57.51% of votes.
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Backing down on campaign promise not an option, so President must heed McChrystal’s plan for troop surge
President Obama’s soul-searching over the past month on whether or not to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan has been the focus of punditry over the last week. Former Vice President Cheney, receiving an award from the Center for Security Policy, asserted that President Obama “must stop dithering while America’s armed forces are in danger.”
On the other hand, stalwart conservative George Will, speaking on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, asserted that the Bush …

We must look to history to save our political discourse from its current crisis
Weeks after the 2008 presidential election ended with Barack Obama the victor, many pundits and politicos rushed to declare the end of the Republican Party and the end of conservatism as a force in the American political landscape. It does seem that with the prospect of government-provided health insurance coupled with the reassuring presence of our Nobel Prize-equipped presidents has created an unassailable progressive majority. The appearance and subsequent volume of far-right voices and actors upon our …