Medicaid Expansion Bad for Virginians

Could expanding a program for the poor hurt the poor?  When combined with mandates on both citizens and doctors, yes, expect the program to become more expensive and less valuable for both the poor and increasingly the middle class.

John Kerry Farewell: The Senate runs on relationships

I have witnessed what we all have, a loss of simple comity, the respect that we owe one another, and the sense of common cause that brings all of us here. The Senate as a body can change its rules to make itself more efficient, sure. But only Senators, one by one in their own hearts, can change the approach to legislating which Henry Clay correctly defined as the art of consensus.

—Senator John Kerry

Tweet of the Month - by @JimGeraghty

So to clarify, Obama says, we have to raise the debt ceiling to borrow more, to reassure the world that we can pay our debts.

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 14, 2013

Improving the Ultrasound Requirement

Cuccinelli backed failed bill to ease ultrasound rule

RICHMOND — When a Senate panel on Monday killed a bill to soften the state’s controversial ultrasound-before-abortion law, the move disappointed someone besides the usual Democratic suspects: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II.

Geography Correction

.@naralvirginia director Tarina Keene: "If elected governor, Ken Cuccinelli will continue the war on women in #Virginia" #vapolitics

— Michael Pope (@MichaelLeePope) November 28, 2012

Let us be clear about where there is a real war, on women.

One person considered for TIME's 2012 Person of the Year was Malala Yousafzai. Malala is a Pakistani girl, 15, who pursued an education. As TIME points out, "On Oct. 9, 2012, Taliban gunmen boarded her school bus, sought her out and shot her in the head."

The High and the Low of Special Election Day

Yesterday was Special Election Day for the 45th House of Delegates District here in Virginia. It was my honor to have been the Republican nominee in that election.

As different things came together at the last minute yesterday, I was able to be more mobile than anticipated throughout the day and was able to make it around to many of the polling places to thank the election workers, mostly in the southern half or two thirds of the district. To those whom I did not have the opportunity to visit, please know you have my thanks as well.

There were two especially memorable moments, both of which came before the polls closed, and both of which came while talking to women who supported my Democratic opponent.

PRESS RELEASE: Congressman Frank Wolf Endorsement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Tim McGhee/Lauren Friedman
571-403-0153
571-501-5758

September 1, 2012

CONGRESSMAN FRANK WOLF ANNOUNCES SUPPORT OF REPUBLICAN DELEGATE CANDIDATE TIM MCGHEE

Tim McGhee today welcomed the support of Congressman Frank Wolf of the 10th District of Virginia who serves on the House Appropriations Committee and is the co-chairman of the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.