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Here is video of Karl Rove and Terry McAuliffe debating the White House strategy of attacking Fox News. Rove said he believes Obama's White House is dominated by "Chicago-style politics." If they don't like what a reporter says, they "keep score" and seek to get back at them. McAuliffe said "people are annoyed" that "Fox" did not broadcast Obama's speech on Health Care to the nation. Actually, Fox News carried Obama's speech - it was the Fox Entertainment network that did not. Rove said it is "over the top" for the White House to refer to Fox News as "the...

Karl Rove Vs. Terry McAuliffe on FNS.

The Talk Shows Sunday, October 18th, 2009 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and John Thune, R-S.D.; Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett; Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; California first lady Maria Shriver; John Podesta, head of the Center for American Progress.FACE THE NATION (CBS): White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel; Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and John Cornyn, R-Texas.THIS WEEK (ABC): David Axelrod, White House senior adviser.STATE OF THE UNION...

The body is not even cool yet. Hell, the election hasn't even happened yet, and the Democrats are already trying to figure what went is going to go wrong. Now this is my kind of campaign. Some may remember that Clinton White House Hotelier and Barista Terry McAuliffe ran for Virginia governor this year and lost in the primary to Creigh Deeds. Deeds had 50% of the vote with McAuliffe at 26% and Brian Moran at 24%. The New York Times thinks that maybe the Virginia Democrats drew the short straw with Deeds.

(English-language translation) Washington - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who will turn 63 on August 19, celebrated his birthday in advance and to the hilt in an exclusive Las Vegas restaurant where a 225-gram [8-ounce] "wagyu" veal steak costs $240. The one person conspicuously missing was Hillary Clinton, who is touring Africa and who missed the gathering which some Washington heavyweights attended, such as John Podesta who was [White House] Chief of Staff during Clinton's presidency. The former President, who yesterday was one of the main speakers at a renewable-energy conference in Las Vegas, aroused suspicion among the press when...

Why did John Kerry surprise almost everyone by making his involvement in Vietnam the main focus of the Democratic National Convention this year? All candidates have to cope with negative information about themselves. If the negative information is bad enough, they must handle it somehow. Kerry and his team knew most of his fellow Swift boat veterans and millions of others were still furious about his long, savage smear of the U.S. military during his anti-war activities after his return from Vietnam. He saw political danger there. So he took the biggest political gamble of his life. Sometimes, by framing...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, said in July that it had found the "smoking gun" that caused the space shuttle Columbia to break apart as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 1: a piece of foam that had peeled off the external fuel tank and struck the shuttle's wing 1 minute and 22 seconds after liftoff. But many experts looking at the tragedy that killed seven astronauts say there is a deeper cause. They say that the metaphorical smoking gun should be painted green. Because of demands that the agency help to front for...

But Republicans face a tougher opponent in the gubernatorial race this fall. BY FRED BARNES Alexandria, Va. Nothing comes easy for the GOP these days. For months, Republican Robert McDonnell was the clear favorite to be elected governor of Virginia this fall. And for nearly as long, his Democratic opponent seemed likely to be Terry McAuliffe -- a former Democratic national chairman, close pal of Bill Clinton, native New Yorker, and grating personality. None of those things are assets in the Old Dominion. But on Tuesday, the GOP's confidence evaporated. In a rout, Democratic primary voters rejected Mr. McAuliffe and...

NEW YORK (AP) - Terry McAuliffe's crushing defeat in Virginia's gubernatorial primary is the latest blow to former President Bill Clinton's political legacy, still reeling from Hillary Rodham Clinton's loss to Barack Obama in last year's Democratic presidential contest. McAuliffe, a longtime fundraiser and close friend of both Clintons, brought money and attention to an off-year election that otherwise would have commanded little notice outside Virginia. Bill Clinton appeared at five rallies across the state for McAuliffe, lent his voice to radio commercials and recorded telephone endorsements to help get out the vote. Clinton also attended a fundraiser at McAuliffe's...

NEW YORK (AP) — Terry McAuliffe's crushing defeat in Virginia's gubernatorial primary is the latest blow to former President Bill Clinton's political legacy, still reeling from Hillary Rodham Clinton's loss to Barack Obama in last year's Democratic presidential contest. McAuliffe, a longtime fundraiser and close friend of both Clintons, brought money and attention to an off-year election that otherwise would have commanded little notice outside Virginia. Bill Clinton appeared at five rallies across the state for McAuliffe, lent his voice to radio commercials and recorded telephone endorsements to help get out the vote. Clinton also attended a fundraiser at McAuliffe's...

How does the GOP candidate for governor in Virginia, Bob McDonnell, stack up against last night’s Democratic primary winner, Creigh Deeds? At first glance, terrific. McDonnell has led every poll taken in 2009 that puts him in a head-to-head matchup with Deeds. McDonnell’s favorable rating has been called “Obama-esque.” He begins the general election way ahead in fundraising, and has a nearly 10-to-1 advantage in cash on hand. Deeds has a net unfavorable rating among independents (30 percent favorable, 36 percent unfavorable), voters between ages 45 and 59 (35 percent favorable, 37 percent unfavorable), voters above age 60 (28 percent...

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- In Virginia's Democratic primary for governor, R. Creigh Deeds, a state senator from rural Bath County, had just upended Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic Party's one-man money machine. "One of the questions coming out of last year," said Geoffrey Garin, a Democratic pollster, "is whether the new voters have been Obamacized or politicized. There's a lot of evidence that a lot of the Democrats who were extremely enthusiastic and energized in 2008 were really focused on Obama as opposed to politics more broadly." In what is likely to be a preview of their strategy in the 2010 congressional elections,...

It's a reasonable question. When Bill Clinton left office in 2001, it was widely assumed that he would remain a powerful force in American politics, largely despite the fact that his legacy was largely responsible for Al Gore's loss in the 2000 election. Hillary became a U.S. Senator, and her destiny to eventually take up her own spot in the Oval Office seemed pretty secure. Fast forward to 2008.

Friend of Bill, dominated press coverage, raised huge amounts of cash, had help from the Clinton machine and gets trounced....

Running with the least money and fewest ties to vote-rich Northern Virginia, State Sen. R. Creigh Deeds has won the three-way Democratic primary for governor, paving the way for a rematch with Republican Bob McDonnell in the fall. Deeds, 51, a country lawyer from Bath County in the western part of the state, was viewed as an unlikely winner against two Northern Virginians with entrenched political ties. Known for his moderate views on such issues as gun rights, but also appreciated for his folksy style and attention to the Washington suburbs' cry for road improvements, Deeds was leading in Fairfax,...

Virginia voters — bombarded by mailers, television ads, door knocks and phone calls — will pick a gubernatorial nominee Tuesday from a crowded field of challengers, each hoping to extend their party’s control of the executive mansion into a third term. The commonwealth’s first Democratic gubernatorial primary in more than three decades is expected to be decided by a few hundred thousand Virginians, who in recent months have been inundated by pitches from former Del. Brian Moran, state Sen. Creigh Deeds and Terry McAuliffe, a national Democratic fundraiser making his first foray into state politics. The three together raised more...

Va. Candidates Enter Homestretch of Tight Primary Race By Anita Kumar and Rosalind S. Helderman Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, June 8, 2009 The three men seeking the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia continued their final push across the state today in the sprint before tomorrow's primary. Moran concluded his week-long "Fighting for Virginia" tour with a pre-election rally at Market Square in Alexandria. Deeds spent the day hosting get-out-the-vote rallies in Southside and Southwest including stops in Danville, Martinsville, Bristol and Roanoke. Tonight, he will head back to his Charlottesville campaign headquarters for a rally. McAuliffe started his...

Virginia State Senator Creigh DeedsOn Tuesday June 9th, 2009, the Democratic Primary will be held in the great Commonwealth of Virginia. The Democratic candidates vying for their party’s nomination to run for governor are former Democratic National Committee chairman and Clinton insider Terry McAuliffe, State Delegate Brian Moran and State Senator Creigh (pronounced CREE) Deeds. Because of the significant gun rights issues raised by these particular candidates, OpenCarry.org has taken the unprecedented step of endorsing Delegate Moran in the Democratic primary and encouraging Republicans, Libertarians and Independents to cross the aisle and vote in the Democratic primary. How is this...

On Tuesday June 9th, 2009, the Democratic Primary will be held in the great Commonwealth of Virginia. The Democratic candidates vying for their party’s nomination to run for governor are former Democratic National Committee chairman and Clinton insider Terry McAuliffe, State Delegate Brian Moran and State Senator Creigh (pronounced CREE) Deeds. Because of the significant gun rights issues raised by these particular candidates, OpenCarry.org has taken the unprecedented step of endorsing Delegate Moran in the Democratic primary and encouraging Republicans, Libertarians and Independents to cross the aisle and vote in the Democratic primary.

JUNE 6, 2009 Democrats' Rainmaker Aims to Hold Virginia By JOHN R. EMSHWILLER and T.W. FARNAM One of the most prolific fund-raisers in Democrats' history is trying to help the party hold on to its newfound power in Virginia. Terry McAuliffe, the 52-year-old former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and longtime Clinton insider, is running for governor of Virginia, a race that is shaping up as one of the hottest -- and costliest -- electoral battles of 2009. Terry McAuliffe takes on two other Democrats on May 19 in the final debate in the Virginia governor race. Virginia was...

Virginia's Democratic Primary is five days away, and the three-way race for the party's governor nomination is tight. Gun rights advocates don't typically engage in democratic politics. However, Northern Virginia-based "opencarry.org" is encouraging its members, republican, independent, and libertarian, to go vote in the Democratic primary and cast their vote for Brian Moran. During his time in the House of Delegates, the website says Moran had what they call a pro-gun record. That includes votes to allow concealed handguns in school parking lots and to preempt all local gun control laws. They say that "pretty good" record is far superior...

Yesterday, perennial presidential candidate Ralph Nader made a rather explosive claim about Terry McAuliffe, the former head of the DNC who is now running for Governor in Virginia. His charge? That in 2004-- just four years after Nader had played the spoiler role in the contest between Al Gore and George W. Bush by drawing tens of thousands of Florida votes away from the Democratic candidate--McAuliffe approached Nader with a proposition as to how to avoid a repeat: He said McAuliffe, who was the Democratic National Committee chairman at the time, had offered Nader's campaign an unspecified amount of money,...

KABOOM: "A Rasmussen poll released today shows Chris Christie opening up a 13 point lead, 51-38 percent, over Jon Corzine in the New Jersey governor’s race. It marks the first time in the race that a candidate has polled above 50 percent. The poll also showed that 58 percent of New Jersey voters have an unfavorable opinion of Corzine and his net approval rating is negative 16 percent." Markos Moulitsas — yes, the creator of Daily Kos — writes in with some analysis of the latest poll of Virginia voters he commissioned. Bottom line, it's still a very close race,...

Grab yourself a schadenfreude sandwich while you read this one. Terry McAuliffe, the Clinton tool who dreamed up the Lincoln bedroom and Coffee-with-the-Clintons fundraising schemes in the 1990's, is running against a couple of actual Virginians for the Democratic nomination for the Governor's race this November. The primary is on Saturday, and it appears that the hot air is leaking out of the gasbag.

RICHMOND, Va. – In a governor's race that's all about jobs, Terry McAuliffe is facing questions about huge profits he made from a company that collapsed two years later, leaving 10,000 people unemployed. ... In 1997, McAuliffe sank $100,000 into the Beverly Hills, Calif.-based startup's bold plan to link North America and Europe with a trans-Atlantic fiber optic cable, a super-fast conduit for voice, video and digital data. "When I invested in Global Crossing, understand that it was a very risky deal," ... His return was $8.1 million, ...

Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader went public Thursday with an allegation that Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Terry McAuliffe offered him campaign money to stay off the ballot in key states during the 2004 elections. “Terry McAuliffe is slipperier than an eel in olive oil,” Nader said in an interview. He said McAuliffe, who was the Democratic National Committee chairman at the time, had offered Nader’s campaign an unspecified amount of money, believed to be party funds, to spend in 31 states in exchange for an agreement to withdraw from 19 battleground states where he could potentially hurt Democrat John Kerry. The...

Did you know Virginia is an open primary state? Yup, it is - you can vote in anybody's primary you want. That means that since the Republican party is handling their state office party candidate nominations this year by convention, every registered voter in Virginia might as well crash the Democratic party primary on June 9th! . . . A vote for Moran is therefore the best strategic vote for gun owners for two reasons. First, because a Moran vote is more likely to defeat McAuliffe than a vote for Deeds. And second, a vote for Moran sends traditionally pro-gun...

**My Comment: Timothy M. Kaine and gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe are "changeing" the facts to make it a story they can run with* Liberty University officials insisted Friday that they revoked recognition of the College Democrats club for religious reasons and not political ones, and they weren’t trying to stifle free speech. Politicians, including Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, urged the private school to reconsider. Using the letterhead of the Democratic National Committee, of which Kaine is chairman, he asked the school “to reverse this attack on the liberty of its students.” LU chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. said the political club’s...

By Amy Gardner Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 15, 2009 The intensifying debate over what to do with 241 detainees in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has pushed the candidates for Virginia governor to address widespread speculation that at least two locations in the state, including Alexandria and Fairfax County, could receive prisoners. Although the three Democrats and one Republican broadly agree that detainees should be kept out of Virginia if possible, the issue has caused some state political leaders to divide along party lines over President Obama's promise to close the prison, which has become...

Republicans anxious to start their trek back from the political wilderness have their hopes pinned on gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia this year. And in Virginia, there are already signs of hope for Republicans eager to dispel the notion that Barack Obama has permanently altered the political terrain. For starters, while the Republicans have already selected former state Attorney General Bob McDonnell as their own candidate, the Democratic gubernatorial primary has become a political donnybrook. What was a low-key race has recently heated up with a series of contentious debates, as Clinton friend and former DNC Chairman Terry...

A new poll gives Terry McAuliffe a double digit lead over Brian Moran and Creigh Deeds, his Democratic rivals for Governor. But a majority of likely Democratic voters who responded to the News7 SurveyUSA poll say they may still change their mind. But the bad news for all of the Democrats, Republican Bob McDonnell leads each of them in general election match-ups, though Deeds is closest with a difference of five percentage points. Here is a look at the results: Asked of 409 likely Democratic primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.9% If the Democratic...

Former President Bill Clinton will join his longtime ally Terry McAuliffe on Monday as the Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate stumps in Richmond and Roanoke, McAuliffe’s campaign said Wednesday.

Virginia Gov. Michael Bloomberg has imported a New York pace and a billionaire's bravado to his adopted home, completing his first 100 days in office with a trio of startling announcements: The former New York City mayor has ended the unregulated sale of firearms at gun shows, taken over troubled schools in the state's four largest cities and unilaterally ordered construction of a Potomac River toll bridge into the District. The governor will pay for the bridge from his own pocket -- and he'll keep the toll receipts. Bloomberg's surprise blitz through the 2009 governor's race turns out to have...

Republican Bob McDonnell has lengthened his lead on all three Democratic hopefuls in the race to be Virginia’s next governor, but it’s a long way to Election Day. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds the closest race is between McDonnell, the former attorney general and lone GOP candidate, and Brian J. Moran, a former state delegate from Alexandria. McDonnell now leads Moran by 10 points, 44% to 34%. The highest profile Democrat in the race is next. Terry McAuliffe, a longtime Clinton confidant and former national party chairman, trails McDonnell by 12 points, 45% to 33%....

In other Virginia news, Daily Kos commissioned a poll by Research 2000 on the state of the Virginia gubernatorial race. They find Republican McDonnell beating all Democratic challengers, but his lead ranges from 1 percentage point over Brian Moran to 7 percentage points against Creigh Deeds and Terry McAuliffe. The poll shows the Democratic primary is still wide open, with 41 percent undecided.

RICHMOND -- While his Democratic rivals confined their travels to Virginia, gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe quietly slipped out of the commonwealth a dozen times in recent weeks to attend fundraisers in his honor hosted by some of the nation's top Democratic donors. One day this month, he dashed from a morning roundtable in Roanoke, caught a United Airlines flight to Phoenix and landed in time for an evening event hosted by an Arizona Democratic activist. On another, he left on a pre-dawn U.S. Airways flight that required a plane change in Charlotte to get from a Chicago fundraiser to a...

Former Va. Attorney general Robert McDonnell officially kicked off his campaign for governor Saturday at the Annandale Firehouse in Fairfax County. Entering to the song “Up Around the Bend” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, McDonnell hit upon a host of issues in his speech, including the economy, energy, transportation, education, and public safety. “I want you to know that I'm ready to lead, if you are ready to win,” he told the estimated several hundred people in the crowd. Other state Republicans at the event included former Congressman Tom Davis, U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, and current Lieutenant governor Bill Bolling, who...

Former Mayor of D.C. Anthony Williams Washington D.C., Mar 25, 2009 / 02:25 pm (CNA).- Despite extreme positions on abortion and same-sex “marriage,” the Washington Post reports that Anthony Williams, a former mayor of Washington D.C., is being considered for membership in the Knights of Malta. However, Dr. Joseph Metz, an officer of the Order of Malta American Association, told CNA that anyone who does not agree with Church teachings will be denied admission. The Knights of Malta, who earned their name by operating on the Island of Malta for hundreds of years, were created “to care for and...

Here is the latest email campaign effort by Terry McAuliffe who is running for Governor in Virginia. I didn't know Rush was running for Governor? Bob McDonnell should ignore this fool. At a time when we desperately need to come together as a nation to confront this economic crisis, Rush Limbaugh says he wants Barack Obama to fail. I don't believe we should ever allow ideology to stand in the way of what's best for our Commonwealth.  That's why after Rush reiterated his remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference last weekend, I called on Bob McDonnell to condemn them....

Not so long ago, Republicans didn’t need to ask that question about either state, mostly because they owned Virginia and Democrats owned New Jersey. Real Clear Politics detects a shift in both states now that may put the governor’s chair within reach of the GOP. Could this signal the start of a rebound? New polling suggests that New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine faces a difficult challenge for re-election this year. A Monmouth University poll released last week shows that just 34% of Garden State voters approve of the job Corzine is doing, compared to 51% who disapprove. Another recent survey...

Virginia has had a Democrat in the Governor's Mansion for the past 8 years. And last November, Obama turned the state blue for the first time in more than 40 years. And all the world loves a Democrat . . . right? Perhaps not. More . . .

Thursday, February 05, 2009 Email to a FriendAdvertisement Republican Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell has a three-to-nine point lead against three hopefuls for the Democratic nomination in this year’s closely-watched Virginia gubernatorial contest. McDonnell, who announced this week that he will step down from his post on February 20 to campaign full-time for governor, bested only one of the three Democrats in early December. Now, the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows the lone Republican gubernatorial candidate topping his best-known opponent, Terry McAuliffe, by seven points, 42% to 35%. In December, he held a five-point edge over McAuliffe, a longtime...

Tom Daschle earned over $2,000,000 in consulting fees from Leo Hendery's firm over the last couple of years. I was wondering if Tom Daschle had anything to do with legislation that would have helped Mr. Hindery or his firms when Sen. Daschle was the Majority Leader, Minority Leader or just a plain senator. That's a lot of dollars in a very short while for consulting even with Daschle's connections to the Democratic power brokers in the House and Senate. Of course fund managers had a lot of cash to toss around a few years ago and a couple of mil...

Here’s an early fundraising surprise in the Virginia governor’s race: Republican Robert McDonnell has outraised Terry McAuliffe since the Democratic fundraising dynamo opened his campaign committee last November. McDonnell’s campaign announced today that the state attorney general raised “over $1 million” since McAuliffe joined the race, and has raised $1.6 million over the full fundraising period from July to December 2008. He has over $2 million on hand, and faces no opposition for the Republican primary. Earlier this month, McAuliffe touted his own fundraising numbers, announcing he raised “nearly” $1 million since launching his campaign in mid-November for the Democratic...

"MAC-AULIFFE!!" (To be sung to Hank Williams, Jr.'s version of his daddy's song, "KAW-LIGA!!") McAuliffe is a two-bit minion grovellin' fer RAT's Whores!! He sold his Soul to Ol' Slick Willie...sold Chi-Coms OUR Guns of War!!MAC-AULIFFE!! OOOOOOOOOHHH!! Grinnin' there as if Right doesn't know... FReepers demand answers...you gotta go!! T-Mac always wore his pin-striped suits and pissed good folks off a lot... That Traitor stole from Union folks and smoked way too much pot!!MAC-AULIFFE!!! OOOOOOOHHH!!! Too corrupt to ever do what's Right... Because yer heart is stained from constant lyin'!! (CHORUS) IN-DICT McAuliffe...Equal Justice demands this!! CON-VICT McAuliffe...'Tis in Prison...

Remember those sleazy days of yesteryear when the Lincoln Bedroom was rented out like a youth hostel to Clinton campaign donors and the White House coffee cost $10,000 a cup? That was all Terry McAuliffe's idea. And now he's running for governor of Virginia. Let's not forget who we are dealing with here. More . . .

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe said on Saturday he intends to run for governor of Virginia. After months of speculation over his plans, McAuliffe announced his intentions in a video posted on his Web site. In the video, McAuliffe said he will make his intention to run official on Wednesday as part of a week-long campaign kickoff. The stops include town hall meetings in Hampton Roads, Bristol, Richmond and others, where McAuliffe will unveil plans for job creation, education and renewable energy. "Over the coming months we will travel to every corner of the commonwealth to ask all...

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe said on Saturday he intends to run for governor of Virginia. After months of speculation over his plans, McAuliffe announced his intentions in a video posted on his Web site. In the video, McAuliffe said he will make his intention to run official on Wednesday as part of a week-long campaign kickoff.

By JEFF E. SCHAPIRO TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST After ducking a re-election fight for U.S. Senate to run for governor in 1989, Paul Trible struggled to establish credentials as a prospective chief executive. At a debate in Williamsburg with his rivals for the Republican nomination, he couldn't even list the governor's four basic constitutional duties. It came as no surprise that Trible -- now a chief executive of a different sort: president of Christopher Newport University -- lost the primary. There may be a lesson in the decline and fall of Paul Trible for another politician attempting a fast one for governor:...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe signed papers Monday signaling a possible run for governor next year in Virginia. McAuliffe told The Associated Press he set up a campaign committee and will tour Virginia for the next 60 days before making his candidacy certain. He signed papers setting up his committee after a series of barnstorming campaign appearances across the state on behalf of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. McAuliffe would face two other Democrats already in the governor's race. State Senator Creigh Deeds narrowly lost the attorney general's race in 2005, and House Democratic Caucus...