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GOP senators will oppose Va electoral change
The prospects appear doomed in Virginia this year for Republican-backed legislation that would replace the state's winner-take-all method of apportioning presidential electoral votes with one that awards one vote to the winner of each congressional...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Voting, Barack Obama, Reince Priebus, Jill Holtzman Vogel
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Virginia electors cast tallies for Obama, Biden
Virginia's 13 Electoral College members have cast their ballots for Democratic incumbent Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, formalizing the outcome of the presidential election in the state. Electors of all 50 states and the District of Columbia...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Voting, Barack Obama, Elections, Politics
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UPDATE: Mitt Romney speaks in Lynchburg on eve of election
Virginia could be pivotal in deciding who will win Tuesday’s presidential election, and that fact is not lost on the candidates. Mitt Romney worked to energize his base Monday afternoon with a stop in the conservative stronghold of Lynchburg. With...
Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Republican Party, George Allen, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama
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Vice President Joe Biden makes unscheduled campaign stop in downtown Roanoke
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterElection Day is almost here, and both presidential campaigns spent time in our area Monday. Vice President Joe Biden was plugging away on this final day of campaigning. On Monday afternoon he made an unexpected visit to Roanoke. The Obama campaign...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Mark R. Warner, Jill Biden, Elections, Politics
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Steve Chapman
Those of us who write commentary about events in the news sometimes give the impression that we have all the answers. In fact, pundits seem to thrive by affecting utter assurance that they are always right. They bring to mind what a colleague once...Tags: Milton Friedman
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Commanders-in-chief?
He concludes, "Two heads really are better than one." Printers Row Journal spoke with Orentlicher recently. Here's an edited version of the conversation. Q: Make sure I understand your proposed process: Every state has a primary, Democratic and...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, New York University
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David Orentlicher thinks 'Two Presidents are Better Than One'
He's a doctor, a lawyer, a university professor and a one-time politician (in the Indiana House). With all that education and real-life experience, it might be surprising that David Orentlicher would propose such an unlikely — some would say...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress
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Oval Office may be Floridian's home
With each passing day, Jeb Bush looks more and more like a presidential candidate. At this stage, he's striking the obligatory, non-committal tone, but he's just come out with a book on immigration reform, is showing up on radio and TV talk shows, and...Tags: Government, Donald Trump, Regional Authority, Jeb Bush, Lyndon B. Johnson
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For GOP substance, deregulate
WASHINGTON -- Because of the grotesquely swollen place the presidency now occupies in the nation's governance and consciousness, we are never not preoccupied with presidential campaigning. The Constitution's Framers would be appalled. The nation reveres...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Republicans Should Change The Way They Pick Candidates
The Hartford CourantBecause of the grotesquely swollen place the presidency now occupies in the nation's governance and consciousness, we are never not preoccupied with presidential campaigning. The Constitution's Framers would be appalled. The nation reveres the Framers,...Tags: Political Fundraising, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Rand Paul
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Column: Deregulation needed for Republican substance
WASHINGTON — Because of the grotesquely swollen place the presidency now occupies in the nation’s governance and consciousness, we are never not preoccupied with presidential campaigning. The Constitution’s Framers would be appalled....Tags: The Washington Post, Parties and Movements, Economy, Business and Finance, Lyndon B. Johnson, Rand Paul
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Can anybody save the Republican Party?
The year 2012 was a disaster for the Republican Party. They failed to regain control of the U.S. Senate. They lost eight seats in the House of Representatives. They didn't just lose the White House to Barack Obama, they got clobbered: losing the Electoral...
Tags: Justin Amash, Parties and Movements, U.S. House of Representatives, David Vitter, Reince Priebus
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Mar 22, 2013
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