Lowkell Posts

It's kind of ironic that I've been spending so much time talking about Howard Dean this week. Why ironic? First, because I was a big supporter of General Wesley Clark - not Governor Dean - for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2003. Second, because two of the biggest stars of the Draft Wesley Clark movement - both of whom get major shoutouts in my book,

From the Terry McAuliffe for Governor campaign - impressive!Continue reading...

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Last night's Howard Dean/DFA fundraiser on Capitol Hill for Democratic House of Delegates candidates Jennifer Boysko and John Bell was a big success. The room was packed for the DFA "Purple to Blue" kickoff, the energy level was high, and the candidates were fired up. Check out the videos, and please help our great Democratic candidates this year!

I just got off a conference call with former DNC Chair Howard Dean; Democracy For America's (DFA's) Purple to Blue Project Director Nick Passanante; 86th House of Delegates district candidate Jennifer Boysko; 87th House of Delegates district candidate John Bell; and Virginia House Democratic Caucus Executive Director Jody Murphy. The purpose of the call was to discuss the launch of DFA's Purple to Blue project ("a new effort to win state legislative house and senate chambers"), and also to introduce DFA's fir

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It's almost 9 pm, which means that Gov. McDonnell has 3 more hours to decide what to do with transportation legislation, Medicaid expansion, etc. In the meantime, he's made some changes to the texting and drone bills that came to his desk. Pretty exciting, huh? Or not...Continue reading...

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is the latest prominent Democrat to come out in favor of marriage equality. He posted his support on his Facebook page Monday evening, where he said, "I support marriage equality because it is the fair and right thing to do."

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Interesting news from the Aneesh Chopra for LG campaign. I haven't endorsed in the LG race (yet), but I will say I've come to greatly respect and like Aneesh the past few months. I've also been very impressed with his campaign. Anyway, congratulations on these endorsements, including from several strongly progressive delegates. Today, candidate for Virginia Lt. Governor Aneesh Chopra received the endorsement of six Northern Virginia members of the House of Delegates. Those endorsing Chopra include:Del. David Bulov

As I've pointed out many times, it's not as if the Washington Kaplan Post ever cared about giving credit/linking to other news outlets for stories the other news outlets scooped them on. But now that they don't even have an Ombudsman anymore, they certai

From Sen. Mark Herring, Virginia's next Attorney General (with your help of course)! :)Continue reading...

From the latest (3/24/13) Northern Virginia Tea Party Newsletter, these people are seriously - as in, this apparently isn't parody - opposing the proposed Arlington County streetcar project because of...wait for it...Agenda 21. What is this evil known as Agenda 21, you ask? How about "a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development?" Crazy, I know. And speaking of tinfoil-hat crazy, Glenn Beck opposes it because..."This used to be

On Sunday's This Week With George Stephanopoulos, ABC's Terry Moran calls out Karl Rove for "scaring" people with the "Orwellian sense that black helicopters" are coming to confiscate people's guns.

Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 24. Also, here's one of the ads by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, "featuring a gun owner who understands that support for background checks goes hand in hand with support for the Second Amendment and defending their families."Continue reading...

Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, March 23. Also see the video of President Obama speaking at Israel's Holocaust museum, Yad Vashem. Having been there, I can definitively say that it's one of the most powerful, disturbing, experiences I've ever had in my life.Continue reading...

According to our fine Attorney General (and his office), the two main accomplishments of the 2013 Virginia General Assembly are not constitutional.Continue reading...

About an hour ago, DPVA Chair Charniele Herring was on The Politics Hour on WAMU. Here are my tweets from this segment:Continue reading...

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In a contest for the worst, most extreme, wackiest, tea baggiest of the teabaggers in Richmond, it would be a tough competition. Obviously, "Sideshow Bob" and Dick Black would be high on the list for their rabid homophobia, misogyny, and total insanity. But not far behind those wackos would have to be Del. David Ramadan, who as you can see if you click on that link, has been eviscerated by the Too Conser