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In advance of President Obama campaigning for Creigh Deeds next week in Virginia's upcoming gubernatorial contest, Team Deeds has just announced that Bill Clinton -- along with Terry McAuliffe, whom Deeds defeated in the Dem primary -- will stump for Deeds tomorrow in Northern Virginia. Democrats are trying to do everything they can to narrow a race that Republican Bob McDonnell is comfortably leading, according to the polls.

State Sen. Creigh Deeds appears to be further separating himself from the other two contenders in the June 9 Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released two days before the election. A Democrat from rural Bath County, Deeds now holds a double-digit lead (40 percent) over rivals Terry McAuliffe (26 percent) and Brian Moran (24 percent) for the party nomination. The poll results follow a recent trend that has shown Deeds surging to the lead of the pack just weeks after earlier polls listed him third in the field. Deeds current lead is beyond the poll's...

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...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe vowed Wednesday to push to create jobs in renewable energy fields, calling for new incentives to launch and attract companies and a mandatory renewable energy threshold for utility companies. "It's time for Virginia to be the number one renewable energy state in the country," McAuliffe said at a Richmond campaign stop. McAuliffe's energy proposals make up the first phase of his "business plan" for Virginia that he will roll out in the coming weeks. His energy plan includes proposals that have been embraced by his two rivals for the Democratic nomination, former state Del. Brian...

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...

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...

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...

Vieira attempted different variations of the "When will Hillary get out?" line with Terry McAuliffe on Thursday's "Today" show as she pressed:

Hillary's odds of overtaking Obama among elected delegates is not much better than those of the milk-wagon nag's winning the Preakness. But is it "mathematically impossible" for Clinton to win the nomination? No way. Many superdelegates remain undeclared. And even those who have come out for Obama are not bound. If another shoe of the Rev. Wright variety were to drop, it's far from inconceivable that the supers would move to Hillary. But perhaps in a sign of how much the MSM wants Hillary out and their guy in, Norah O'Donnell has had the chutzpah to proclaim to Hillary honcho...

Terry McAuliffe, Sen. Hillary Clinton's finance chairman, is one of the biggest proponents for counting Michigan's primary results even though the state violated Democratic Party rules by moving up its contest. However, Mark Nicholas finds an amazing passage in McAuliffe's own memoir, What A Party!, that shows he took a very different position as DNC Chairman four years ago.

Three voices of the Clinton campaign, three distinctly different takes on its fortunes. James Carville is candid about the pickle Hillary's in: win Texas and Ohio or go home. Hillary, true to form, utterly dodges the question as to whether those are must-win states. Ah, but there's always Terry McAuliffe. The proud graduate of the Baghdad Bob School of Flackery this morning declared that he's "more confident than he's ever been" about winning the nomination. Carville, appearing on last night's Larry King, couldn't have been more succinct. LARRY KING: If Hillary loses Texas or Ohio, is it over? JAMES CARVILLE:...

Designer Anand Jon faces new rape charges LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California officials unsealed new rape charges against celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon on Thursday, bringing the number of women he is accused of raping or sexually assaulting to 20. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California officials unsealed new rape charges against celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon on Thursday, bringing the number of women he is accused of raping or sexually assaulting to 20. Jon, 33, who once appeared on television show "America's Next Top Model," is accused of luring women back to Los Angeles to work as models and then...

"For the past 6 years, the road to Bill Clinton has often run through Douglas Band, a 34-year-old former White House intern [and close friend of Monica Lewinsky] who has helped manage Mr. Clinton's time, accompanied him around the world and even fielded some of his calls." "Two years ago, Mr. Band befriended a handsome and charming Italian businessman named Raphaella Follieri [owner of Follieri Group.] The young Italian, now 29 years old, had moved to New York in 2003 to launch a business buying and redeveloping Roman Catholic Church properties. [Andrea Sodano, a consultant to the Follieri Group, is...

Norman Hsu was desperate for invitations to glitzy Democratic Party galas in California and private political dinners in New York. But once he got in, Mr. Hsu, a 56-year-old apparel executive, seemed awkward and out of place, almost astonished to be posing for pictures with former President Bill Clinton, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and other big-name Democrats. He gave generously, showering money on a wide array of national, state and local politicians. But he stood out in the symbiotic world of campaign finance because he appeared to want nothing in return other than a few powerful friends, according to Democratic...

Fred Thompson's decision to skip Wednesday's New Hampshire debate invited ridicule from the Republican '08ers who view him as a lightweight. But his thin public record is cold comfort to one Democratic powerbroker. In fact, it has former DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe downright nervous. "There's not much there. That's what makes me nervous," said McAuliffe who remembers toiling for Jimmy Carter when he was trounced by Ronald Reagan. "I'm never underestimating another B-Movie actor." McAuliffe offered his assessment to ABC News just moments after Thompson entered the fray. "I am certainly not disrespecting them," Thompson said of his '08 rivals...

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<p>As lawmakers prepare to grill Global Crossing and Qwest Communications execs next week, a handful of damaging e-mails seems to prove they used sham trades to boost profits. "I wish this company would just come clean with the Street regarding our guidance. This swap crap is going to kill us in the long run and I'm personally very fed up," wrote Global Crossing senior finance executive Joey Wong to colleagues last fall.</p>

Last night I shook the hand of Terry McAuliffe. Believe me, I’m not saying that to brag. To say that I’m not a fan is an understatement. I’m just saying it to note that it’s possible to shake hands with someone that you disagree with across the board without being uncivilized. Liberals like McAuliffe can visit a college campus and never fear getting pied or shouted off the stage. Conservatives visiting college campuses are frequently not afforded the same courtesy. The Clinton apologist and serious Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS) sufferer came to the campus of the University of Maryland Baltimore...

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No matter where in the Body of Christ you happen to find yourself, every now and then your church's leadership will go Episcopalian on you: Terry McAuliffe, unapologetic defender of partial birth abortion, is about to be honored for his selfless devotion to and efforts on behalf of the Catholic Faith by being admitted to the Knights of Malta. Once again, those laboring in the trenches to uphold the Gospel are about to take a shiv between the shoulderblades. Once again, the unfaithful get front row seats while the laborers in the vineyard are told to shut up. This is...

MONICA MADNESS BUBBA'S DEM CHIEF BARES HILL TENSION By MAGGIE HABERMAN     (snip)Bill Clinton described that time period as "absolute living hell," McAuliffe said. He uses the book to claim that Kerry, who lost his 2004 challenge to President Bush, had a bumbling and wavering campaign team that was tripped up by a smoother machine. "I thought the decision of the Kerry campaign to back off any real criticism of Bush was one of the biggest acts of political malpractice in the history of American politics," McAuliffe wrote. (snip)McAuliffe says Kerry's aides wanted to oust him as party...

Quick question - who was Terry McAuliffe chosen over in 2001 for DNC head?

by Mark Finkelstein September 26, 2006 - 17:13 Who would have thought that Howard Dean would come off looking like the relatively statesmanlike DNC Chair? Dean acknowledged that Chris Wallace was "tough but fair" in his questioning of Bill Clinton. Meanwhile, Dean's DNC predecessor, with all the class and dignity for which he's known, has attacked Wallace as a Republican "tool," suggesting along the way Tucker Carlson must be on drugs. McAuliffe was a guest on Tucker Carlson's MSNBC show this afternoon. Carlson touched things off with this observation: "It's interesting to see the attack machine cranked up again. I...

As of this past July 9th, 2001, Meng vs Schwartz - 98cv2859 Judge Lamberth denied a motion to alter judgement, denied a motion to amend judgement and denied a motion for relief of judgement in the Loral Shareholders case. - As of today, July 19, 2001, I'm starting this Loral Shareholders 'Discussion' Thread to make sure this Loral case stays in the spotlight (Latest Posts) for discussion purposes and for all future FR.com posters and lurkers to easily find. I'm highlighting one of the key defendents, Terrance McAuliffe - because he is now Chairman of the DNC. Yesterday, on ...

"As Hillary went from First Lady to an elected representative in 2001, the press blackout of the fraudulent activities surrounding the Hollywood fundraising gala in her behalf stayed largely intact. Most of the exceptions came in the form of smears and attacks upon the man who financed this gala, Peter F. Paul. What follows is an examination of how the media continued with its cover-up after Hillary was sworn in so as not to hinder her chances of becoming the Democratic Party’s 2008 presidential nominee."

The Hillary Election Fraud Conspiracy: How Democrat leaders conspired with the Clintons to obtain millions in campaign contributions and hide it from the Feds Key leaders of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), including DNC Chair Ed Rendell, DNC Convention and DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe, DNC California Regional Chair Stephanie Berger, and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes, recruited businessman Peter Paul as a major donor to the DNC. They induced Paul to underwrite, host and produce fundraising events for the campaigns of Al Gore and Hillary Clinton in order to pursue his efforts to hire Bill Clinton...

RUSH: All right, let's go to the audio sound bites. Seriously, I want to get these things about me out of the way so we can move on to the other items in the Stack of Stuff today. It's really funny how the press is turning on Judith Miller. To think -- to think! -- that they held retirement parties for Dan Rather; to think that they gave him all kinds of awards. He got the Peabody Award. The media circled the wagons to protect Dan Rather. They want Judith Miller back in jail. She has committed -- this is...

Political operatives at the Democratic National Committee in Washington developed the plan to turn the memorial service for Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone into a political rally, top party sources tell Capitol Hill Blue. The party also urged the Wellstone family to ask Vice President Dick Cheney to not attend the service and concocted the excuse that security for the VP would disrupt the event even though Secret Service security was required for former president Bill Clinton, who was invited and who did attend. Rick Kahn, the Wellstone campaign worker and friend, worked the highly partisan crowd into a frenzy with...

Former Democratic Party chairman Terry McAuliffe is reportedly predicting that 2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will drop out of her 2006 Senate reelection race if a challenger like Jeanine Pirro forces her to spend campaign cash earmarked for her presidential race. "I had a conversation with Terry McAuliffe during the Republican convention," former top Clinton campaign advisor Dick Morris told Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" Wednesday night. "And I said, 'Do you think Hillary runs for re-election to the Senate if she has a tough race?'" According to Morris, McAuliffe replied: "No, why should she squander $30 million getting...

Though certainly not a surprise, it became official last Saturday: Former presidential candidate Howard Dean is now the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Consequently, there were a lot more Republicans than usual in church pews the next day, thanking God for answering their prayers. After all, the conventional wisdom is that Mr. Scream is the gift that keeps on giving; his positions are consistently so far to the left that he can't possibly assist the Democratic Party in garnering enough moderate independent votes to be able to win back the Congress in 2006, or the White House in 2008....

Last August, Edvard Munch’s famous masterpiece, “The Scream,” was stolen again. Armed gunmen took the painting from the Oslo Munch Museum in Norway. Saturday, the Democratic National Committee will elect former Governor Howard Dean as the Chairman of the DNC. Are these events connected? Sometimes, reality is its own parody. As the satirical website ScrappleFace.com reported this week, “Faced with the fact that former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is the only person still seeking the chairmanship of the Democrat National Committee (DNC), the nine-member panel of elected officers announced today that it had posted the job on CareerBuilder.com, and would...

Democrats will never win elections without better people and better ideas. BY DAN GERSTEIN Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST When John Kerry ripped defeat from the jaws of victory last November, losing to a wounded president with a failed record, a few of us Democratic outliers took some solace in thinking that his campaign's dismal performance might actually force the party to own up to its mortal electoral weaknesses. Turns out we grossly underestimated the national Democrats' capacity for self-delusion and self-defeat. Yes, it's only been two months, and it's not realistic to expect the party to remake...

WEBB HUMBLEIt appears that the race for DNC chairman may be winnowing down to two or three candidates, with a number of elected officials urging former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb to press his candidacy harder. Webb's supporters have let it be known that everyone from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to Govs. Bill Richardson and Mark Warner has been speaking with Webb about the DNC election, and promising their support over Howard Dean and New Democrat Simon Rosenberg. Dean is thought by some DNC insiders to have an inside track for the chairmanship, though Rosenberg has been gaining a lot of...

Now that the Winter Solstice and other Pagan celebrations have concluded, it’s time to shake off the effects of our annual Bacchanalian rituals and take stock of recent events with a clear head. I offer, in no particular order, a few of the most interesting. Amber Frey made news early, cashing in on her notoriety with her memoirs due out this week. Ms. Frey became a hero for taping her private phone conversations, leading to the prosecution of an immoral and possibly felonious man. This reward, of course, is reserved only for women who bring down men not worshipped and...

Politics: The Democrats should be in the middle of a vital debate over their disastrous performance in national elections in recent years. So what do they do? They continue to fight lost battles. Losing a major election is usually a time to reflect on your strengths and, more important, your weaknesses. For Democrats, this seems now to be impossible. Their recent behavior will doom them to more electoral failure, and even possible irrelevance.

One of the mistakes Democrats made during the 2004 election (and which they continue to make now as they grope about blindly for someone to provide a desperately needed shot of real leadership as Chairman of the DNC) was to categorize people who voted for George W. Bush in very broad-brush, single-issue terms. Now the Democrat Party is, if nothing else, a coalition of single-issue voter groups, and so it's perhaps not surprising that Dems, projecting their own mindset, see red-staters in this way. It would seem as though Democrats can't believe that anyone who voted for George W. Bush...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Dec. 10 - The chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe, said Friday that the Democrats lost the White House in large part because Republicans outmaneuvered them with a path-breaking campaign that meticulously pulled Democratic voters to President Bush. "They were smart," Mr. McAuliffe said of the White House as Democratic state leaders gathered here for their first meeting since Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts lost the race for the presidency last month. "They came into our neighborhoods. They came into Democratic areas with very specific messages to take Democratic voters away from us." Mr....

In this time of traditional thanksgiving for the families, friendships, freedoms and bounties we enjoy, it's only appropriate that we Republicans - in the spirit of appreciation, graciousness, charity and comity - give thanks to those whose contributions were instrumental in securing control of both houses of Congress, a majority of governorships, a plurality of state legislatures, a clear majority of the popular vote (for the first time in 16 years) and, of course, the re-election of President George W. Bush. Thank you, Terry McAullife. You will no doubt be remembered as the worst-ever chairman of the Democratic National Committee....

As I was struggling with my latest musical composition, "Variations on a Phrase From Joe Walsh's Guitar Solo in 'Hotel California,'" it occurred to me that, just as they don't make guitar players like Joe Walsh any more, they don't make politicians like Bill Clinton any more. Joe Walsh is perhaps as famous to those in the know for his cocaine-fueled antics and for his desperate attempts to curtail his seriously over-the-top ingestion of Bolivian Marching Powder — he once hired a bodyguard whose sole responsibility was to make sure that Joe didn't get his hands on the White Lady...

Throughout the 2004 campaigns, the Democrats continued to practice one basic message. Each day, they got up and called George W. Bush a liar. Some Democrats carried these sentiments a step farther, labeling the President as a murderer and a war criminal. Liberal financier George Soros associated the Bush administration with Nazi Germany. In most political situations, men such as Mr. Soros would be alienated by any political party. However, as he made these statements, he was introduced by none other than New York Senator and 2008 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. However, most liberals have situated themselves with a more...

Terry McAwful is the best friend the Republicans have. McAwful, as the chairman of the DNC has overseen disaster after disaster with the same absurd optimism no matter the horrible election results. To top things off, McAwful appears like a sleazy Vegas lounge singer without a bit of charity in his attitude. I am still chucking about the extreme gloating of McAwful shortly before the 2002 election over the fact that Jeb Bush would be soundly defeated in his re-election bid for governor. And let’s not forget the McAwful floor mat in front of his office where he wiped his...

I want to thank you for everything you've done over the course of this campaign. Time and time again we asked for your help, and you were always there for us. Even though we didn't win back the White House, you created something historic. Our grassroots campaign of hope and optimism was unprecedented in American politics. More than 1 million volunteers made 11 million person-to-person, door-to-door contacts, and made 38 million phone calls to voter in battleground states. If you were involved in these grassroots activities, we want to hear from you about your experience. What did you do? Did...

PITTSBURGH - Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe urged voters to ignore alleged voting scams and turn out to the polls, promising victory for John Kerry a day before Election Day. Following President Bush from Ohio to Pennsylvania as the president made a six-state, 19-hour day of final campaigning, McAuliffe spoke at a Democratic district headquarters in a traditionally black neighborhood as phones rang in the background and volunteers solidified Election Day plans. McAuliffe trumpeted recent polls showing Kerry leading against Bush in the battleground states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania and assured voters of a Democratic victory. Despite claims...

Big Bad John's Magical Mystery Plan Written by Raymond Kraft Sunday, October 24, 2004 Insouciantly supine on the sofa I was listening to one of my very favorite old records, "Magical Mystery Tour," by the Beatles, of course, while nursing one of my famous industrial strength strawberry margaritas and doing my very best to achieve a transcendal state of perfect profundity while meditating on my very favorite song, ''. . . Living is easy, with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see . . ..'' And then I took another long sip of my industrial strength margarita, '' . . ....

The Kerry Cabinet by Dr. M. Sidney Wallace John Kerry is so confident in winning the election in November that he has already announced his transition team. Along with his publicly announced transition team here is a very guarded list of some of his new cabinet appointees. The Office of Secretary of State will be abolished. President Kerry intends to let the Ambassadors to the United Nations perform this role and he sees no need for the United States to have any matters of state that cannot be handled in the UN. The decisive and former President, Jimmy Carter will...

Hoaxes Propped Up CBS's Fraudulent Memos Dan Rather's CBS' 60 Minutes Hit Piece on President Bush's ANG Record based on Left-Wing Media Hoaxes. By Col. John H. Wambough, Jr. USAF (Ret.) October 22, 2004 - See Bush and Uncommon Valor www.nsar.us Article: Series One Leapfrogged Hundreds Hoax and Political Influence/Favoritism Hoax Since Left-Wing Media (LWM) has fabricated many hoaxes (concerning President Bush's Air National Guard service), it is not practical to address each of them in one article - so they will be presented to the American people in a series, starting with the “Leapfrogged Hundreds Hoax” and “Political Influence/Favoritism...

If left-labor-liberal progressives had the cohesion and muscle of their right-wing opposites, they would be articulating a simple-to-understand litmus test for the Democratic Party--no "Enron Democrats" on the presidential ticket in 2004. That precondition would eliminate a number of presidential wannabes now mentioned by the Washington media's Great Mentioner. Scratch Senator Joe Lieberman. Forget the happy talk about Senate majority leader Tom Daschle's running for the White House. And Senator Joe Biden can stop daydreaming. These men--and perhaps some other would-be candidates--do not pass the Enron smell test. It is not that Enron Democrats got a lot of money themselves...