Norfolk 2009 GOTV Democratic Rally With President Obama Videos

Prince William County GOTV Events with Rally Friday Featuring Warner, Kaine, Deeds

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY GOTV RALLY
Join Governor Kaine, Senator Warner, Creigh Deeds and Delegate Nichols for a GOTV Rally this Friday!
October 30th 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Cheeseburger in Paradise
14000 Foulger Sq, Woodbridge, VA 22192

GOTV Rally Hosted by Supervisors Jenkins and Principi

In Support of Luke Torian and Delegate Paul Nichols

Enjoy Free Food and Fun

Date:Friday, October 30

Time:6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Location:Riverside Station Clubhouse

14110 Big Crest Lane

Woodbridge, VA 22191

GOTV Breakfast Hosted by Supervisors Jenkins and Principi

In support of Delegate Paul Nichols

Date:Saturday, October 31

Time:9:00 am

Location:Rockledge Mansion

440 Mill Street
Occoquan, VA 22125

Wagner Breakfast Fundraiser
Please Join Senator Colgan and Commonwealth Attorney Ebert At a Breakfast Fundraiser Reception Honoring

JODY WAGNER
Candidate for Lt. Governor of Virginia
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
The City Tavern Grille
9405 Main Street
Manassas, VA 20110
Please RSVP to Peggy A. Tyree-Wells at (703) 368-0300
or cjcolgan@aol.com

Would you like to be a part of the excitement and change? Volunteer just 2 hours of your time.
Visit our website, www.pwcdems.com,

or call us at

703-730-1409.

Nov. 4th Post Election Top 10 “I Wish I Had List”

Note:  The following comes from an email update by the chair of Hampton’s Democratic Committee, Gaylene Kanoyton ….

The Top 10… I wish I had list …

if our candidates lose by a few votes on Nov. 3

10. I wish I had of volunteered, phone banked, canvassed

9.  I wish I had of called everyone I knew and told them to vote for Deeds, Wagner. Shannon and all Dem candidates (groups,co-workers, friends,neighbors, young voters)

8.  I wish I had of worked the polls on election day

7.  I wish I had of volunteered to drive people to the polls

6.  I wish I had of promoted and distributed literature at my barber, hairstylist shop, club meetings ect… (lit is available at local campaign offices)

5.  I wish I had of made a contribution to the campaign (See websites below) - Any amount is acceptable… Every little bit counts!

4.  I wish I had of promoted the importance of voting in my church

3.  I wish I had of  texted & Emailed everyone on Nov. 3 to vote for Deeds, Wagner & Shannon

2.  I wish I had of promoted absentee and overseas voting

1.  I wish I had of …VOTED!

Get energized and promote Deeds, Wagner and Shannon & Democratic ticket!

Creigh Deeds for Governor :         http://www.deedsforvirginia.com/

 

Jody Wagner for Lt. Governor: http://jodyforva.com/welcome

Steve Shannon for Attorney General:   http://www.shannon2009.com/

Steve Shannon Pick Up More Endorsements as Momentum Builds

Note: Add The Free Lance Star to the list of newspaper endorsements for Shannon … the following comes via email from his campaign

Friends,

In 8 days, Steve Shannon is going to be elected Virginia’s next Attorney General.

We have been on a wave of momentum recently, picking up steam every day. And as voters learn about the stark differences between Steve and Ken, they are moving in droves to our side.

BIG Endorsements

This morning, The Virginian-Pilot and The Roanoke Times, Virginia’s top two largest circulation newspapers, enthusiastically endorsed Steve Shannon to be our next Attorney General.

The Pilot said:

Steve Shannon’s style is the better fit for Virginia. His thoughtful approach would preserve the reputation of the state’s law firm as a source of reliable legal advice. Ken Cuccinelli’s antics would be more entertaining, but drama is something best left to TV shows.

[…]

To put it politely, Cuccinelli’s election would bring embarrassment to Virginia, instability to the state’s law firm and untold harm to the long list of people who don’t fit his personal definition of morality.

Click Here to Read the Entire Endorsement from The Virginian-Pilot.

The Times wrote:

When Virginians choose their next attorney general on Nov. 3, they will either continue the levelheaded, no-nonsense approach preferred by most previous holders of that office or install an ideological firebrand who would impose his radical morality on the commonwealth. We recommend they select the former in Steve Shannon.

Click Here to Read the Entire Endorsement from The Roanoke Times.

Last Debate

Last week, Steve promoted his commitment to public safety and exposed his opponent’s radical agenda in the last debate of this campaign. And he hit the ball out of the park.

While his opponent is determined to pick fights with the federal government and push his personal political agenda, Steve has said he wants to work with the federal government to build a safer Virginia.  Steve’s fight won’t be with our President or our Congress, but with the gang leaders, drunk drivers, drug dealers, and the child sexual predators who threaten our communities.

But Ken Cuccinelli has tried to hide his radical agenda to launch an ideological crusade against the federal government. According to The Washington Post, “he said he has never claimed to want to be a ‘states’ rights attorney general’ or someone who would sue the federal government.”

That just isn’t true.

Click Here to Watch the Difference Between the Facts and the KenFacts.

Thanks,
Mike Henry
Campaign Manager

Bud Ward For Mathews County Board of Supervisors

Note: Bud Ward has served on the 1st Congressional District Democratic Committee for years … he’s a true grassroots Democrat … it’s great to see him offering the voters of Mathews County an opportunity to elect him to the Board of Supervisors ..

Senator Webb Named Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel

I’d like to personally congratulate Virginia Senator Jim Webb on being named Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel … ELECTIONS MATTER … his election in 2006 has resulted in important positive changes for our military and their families … including a 21st Century GI Bill … for us with family members serving around the globe today’s announcement is another step forward as Senator Webb will guide Senate oversight on “issues relating to the welfare, professional development, and quality of life of servicemembers and their families.” … in other news Senator Webb is scheduled to appear on CNN’s “State of the Union with John King” … be sure to check it out:

Interview to focus on U.S. policy in Afghanistan and news of the day

Senator Webb has recently spoken out on U.S. policy in Afghanistan, arguing that there must be a clear endpoint and set of conditions under which the U.S. will leave the country. Webb has also noted that U.S. presence runs the risk of being viewed by the Afghan people as an occupying force and that the United States is at a critical turning point in Afghanistan as to whether we are going to formally adopt nation-building as a policy.

On Thursday, the Senate passed the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report, which included provisions advocated for by Senator Webb to increase transparency and accountability in U.S. assistance to Pakistan and Afghanistan.

WHO:	Senator Jim Webb
WHAT:	Interview on CNN’s “State of the Union with John King”
WHEN:	Sunday, October 25, 2009; 12:30 PM
WHERE:	CNN’s “State of the Union with John King”

For more information on the show, please visit:

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/state.of.the.union/

Community Leaders Reception With Senator Mark Warner in Newport News

COMMUNITY LEADERS RECEPTION WITH THE NEXT

GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

SENATOR CREIGH DEEDS

PLEASE JOIN HOSTS

CONGRESSMAN BOBBY SCOTT

SENATOR MAMIE LOCKE

SENATOR JOHN MILLER

DELEGATE MAMYE BaCOTE

DELEGATE JEION WARD

MAYOR JOE FRANK

MAYOR MOLLY WARD

Special Guest:

U.S. SENATOR MARK WARNER

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2009 • 3:00 PM TO 4:00 PM

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Democratic Governors Association Issues Campaign Update 11 Days Out

11 days until the 2009 election

Sen. Creigh Deeds is within striking distance of the governorship, with room to grow in the crucial northern Virginia region. His campaign will dedicate his efforts to robust get-out-the-vote efforts in the last 10 days of the race, as President Obama will make his second stop in the state to rally Virginians.

President Clinton stumped this week for Creigh Deeds, telling voters that there is “no question that Creigh Deeds has the best jobs plan, best energy plan, best education plan and the best record.” In advance of his visit this week, President Obama calls on Virginia to get “fired up once again” and support Deeds in these last weeks, highlighted in this ad. Another Deeds ad touts the Washington Post’s general election endorsement, and reminds voters he is a “longtime champion” of bipartisan efforts.

A group called Working Women for Virginia has gone up with a spot to inform women in the region about Bob McDonnell’s extreme anti-women views and record.

The Falls Church News-Press and the Richmond Free Press endorsed Creigh Deeds: “the state needs a man of his character at the State House.” The Richmond Free Press, one of the leading African-American owned newspapers in the commonwealth, said Deeds is: ” an authentic, decent man, with moderate sensibilities. With a self-effacing demeanor that often defies the hype found in much of today’s politics, Sen. Deeds is a real, unpretentious, regular guy who takes responsibility for what he says and does.” 

Unlike McDonnell, Creigh Deeds won’t pass the buck on job creation: “I will not pass it off” to the lieutenant governor, Deeds said as he contrasted his jobs plan to that of his challenger Bob McDonnell. “I will be the chief recruiter.” McDonnell has said he would appoint Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling as “chief jobs creation officer” if both Republicans win the election.

Washington Post Issues Strong Endorsement of Steve Shannon for Attorney General

Note:  I continue to be impressed with Steve Shannon and the campaign he is running for Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia … the Washington Post has joined VirginiaDem in endorsing him for the job with the following:

Mr. Shannon for attorney general
Two Fairfax lawmakers are vying for the job — one wonkish, one worrying.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 

THE RACE for attorney general in Virginia is a face-off between a pair of youngish lawyers, each from Fairfax County, each elected to the General Assembly this decade, and each now running his first statewide race. The similarities end there. While the Democratic candidate, Del. Stephen C. Shannon, is a mainstream former prosecutor — strait-laced, sober, earnest almost to a fault — his Republican opponent, state Sen. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, is a provocative hard-liner who at times has struggled vainly to attract a single vote for his more far-fetched initiatives. 

Mr. Shannon, who has a weakness for wonkish legalese, may not come across as a worldbeater, but there is no doubt he would run the attorney general’s office, with its 166 lawyers, as a serious, nonpartisan agency. As a prosecutor in Fairfax County, Mr. Shannon focused on busting purveyors of child pornography. With his wife, he had previously founded the Metropolitan Washington Amber Alert program, a local chapter of a nationwide system for locating abducted children. As attorney general, Mr. Shannon would steer a responsible course on consumer protection, the environment and the advisory legal opinions that the office is frequently asked to render. 

Mr. Cuccinelli is also smart and well-informed, and he has at times stood on principle, and against his own party’s majority, in regard to law-and-order issues. For instance, he sided with Democratic senators in voting to relax a state law that barred prisoners from presenting courts with new evidence of their innocence (beyond DNA) more than three weeks after their conviction. This year, he bucked his own party again when he opposed legislation to expand the death penalty — which he has otherwise advocated — by applying it to some accomplices to murder. 

However, there is reason to worry that Mr. Cuccinelli would treat the job of attorney general as an ideological crusade. We take him at his word when he says he intends to fight with the federal government over constitutional and legislative issues that stick in his craw. In the past, he has introduced measures calling on Congress to amend the Constitution to deny citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants, and to subvert the First Amendment by barring journalists from knocking on the doors of bereaved families. (Those bills failed to attract any support.) He attacked the efforts of some Republican lawmakers to secure adequate funding for schools and roads. He doubts the science of global warming and casts aspersions on the motives of those who are concerned about it. He peddles outmoded, half-baked and prejudicial theories about homosexuals. 

Given his sometimes bizarre and incendiary ideas, we worry that Mr. Cuccinelli would drive qualified and nonpartisan lawyers away, transform the attorney general’s office into a staging ground for his pet peeves and causes, and make it an object of ridicule in a state where it has enjoyed a long run of respect. 

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/20/AR2009102003080.html

UMW Young Democrats Know “It’s About Building a Better Virginia”