Sunday, June 3, 2012
State party convention drew more than 2,000 to the city of Fairfax this weekend.
FAIRFAX — Perhaps U.S. Sen. Mark Warner put it best: "In 2008, we changed the guard. In 2012, we need to guard the change." More than 2,000 Democrats from across the commonwealth descended on George Mason University this weekend for the Democratic Party of Virginia's State Convention. The gathering served as part pep rally, part organizational meeting as activists mobilize for November. Party leaders had similar messages, previewing what they will try to hammer home while Virginia is in the national spotlight as a battleground state for the U.S. presidency. That message, they say, is that the right-wing takeover of the Republican Party has made this country, and this state, unrecognizable and infringes on the rights of gays, women and …
Monday, April 16, 2012
McAuliffe: A year is 'long enough' to run for governor.
For former Democratic National Committee Chairman and Clinton confidant Terry McAuliffe, a second run for governor seems less like a question of “Will he?” and more like one of “When will he announce?” “We’ve got some big races first,” McAuliffe said in an interview Sunday at the opening of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign field office in Arlington. The enthusiastic McAuliffe pointed out that he’s appeared at more than 430 events in the last year and says his No. 1 focus is to make sure Obama is re-elected and former Gov. Tim Kaine wins the U.S. Senate seat he’s after. “I want everybody focused on the president and Tim Kaine,” he said. “Right after the November election, we’ll have something to say.” McAuliffe is hosting a …
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Campaign opened Arlington field office Sunday.
President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign opened field offices in Falls Church, Suffolk and Arlington this weekend, ratcheting up its presence in the critical swing state of Virginia. The campaign is gearing up its supporters for a bare-knuckle brawl to keep the commonwealth blue. “Guys, it’s game time. They’ve picked their guy. We’ve got a better guy. We just have to make sure everybody knows that,” Yohannes Abraham, the campaign’s deputy national political director, told nearly 200 people Sunday at the opening of the Arlington office. The office is located at 2408 Columbia Pike, immediately next door to Rappahannock Coffee. “We know (Republican Mitt) Romney’s playbook. We saw it during the primary. Him and his allies are going to …
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
McLean residents Terry and Dorothy McAuliffe hosting fundraiser
President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton will visit McLean at the end of April for a fundraising party at the home of Dorothy and Terry McAuliffe, according to McAuliffe's office. The McAuliffes "will host an event for the Obama campaign featuring both Presidents on April 29," said Levar Stoney, a top aide to McAuliffe, confirming an earlier report in The Washington Post. The event, a fundraiser for the president's re-election, was put together by McAuliffe, whose Old Dominion Drive home is a favorite address for local and national Democratic fundraisers. Tickets to the general reception will be $1,000. McAuliffe is a businessman, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, former head of Hillary Clinton's 2008 …
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The next Virginia Governor's race is two years away, and he's setting himself up for a run
It's 7 a.m. on a hot July morning and Terry McAuliffe jumps into the passenger seat of his hybrid Chevy Tahoe. On this Saturday in McLean, Va., the heat index will reach 110 degrees. The country is fired up over the debt ceiling fight in Washington, and McAuliffe, 54, wide-eyed and grinning, looks like a kid who's just been told he's going to McDonald's. He pulls a map of Virginia from the glove box. It's peppered with magic marker circles (You can see a digital version of the map on his campaign-like website). "Love the map!" McAuliffe says, almost shouts, and then sips coffee from a travel mug. "It's fun going to these tiny towns. To them I'm the former chair of the DNC, and it's fun for coal miners to get to know you, to get rid of the …
Monday, June 13, 2011
Party hopes to re-paint Virginia blue in 2011 and beyond.
Thank you for all your hard work. Now, get ready to work hard. That was the message at the Arlington County Democratic Committee’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner this weekend. More than 300 activists, party leaders and elected officials gathered at the Westin Arlington Gateway in Ballston for the traditional showcase of the year’s accomplishments and a pep rally for the months ahead. “Already this evening, I’ve been handed business cards from people saying, ‘Please let me know where I can help outside of Arlington. Where can I help downstate to make sure we elect more Democrats?’ ” state party Chairman Brian Moran told the crowd in his opening remarks. The party is banking on that level of activism heading into a delayed primary season …
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