Politics & Elections
At the end of the campaign trail, a new road for Hillary Clinton?
Commentary
By James P. Gannon
After a campaign marked by her tenacity, resilience and late-blooming effectiveness as a presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton reaches the end of the trail Saturday. The question facing her–and the Democratic Party and its new leader, Barack Obama–is whether there is a place for her that’s right for all concerned and for […]
County Republicans elect new officers, pass resolutions on budget, energy and health-care issues
By Demaris Miller
The Rappahannock County Republican Committee held its mass meeting at the Rappahannock County Court House Tuesday evening, March 18. Special guests included State Senator Mark Obenshain and representatives from the Senate campaigns of Jim Gilmore and Bob Marshall.
The membership of the local committee was reconstituted and new officers were […]
Rappahannock Republicans to meet March 18 to elect officers and delegates
The Republican Party of Rappahannock County will meet at the Rappahannock County Court House in Washington, VA on Tuesday March 18 at 7:30 p.m. to elect officers and conduct other business.
OFFICIAL CALL: Mass Meeting
Rappahannock County Republican Party
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
As Vice Chairman of the Rappahannock County Committee of the Republican Party, and […]
What Hillary Clinton must do to slow down the Obama express train
Commentary
By James P. Gannon
By now it is abundantly clear that Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president is in full failure mode and nothing less than a dramatic and immediate change in strategy will save her from becoming roadkill on Sen. Barack Obama’s highway to the White House.
She is beginning to look like Rudy Giuliani, losing […]
Obama beats Clinton in Rappahannock County and all Virginia; McCain wins a close race over Huckabee
Sen. Barack Obama easily won the Democratic presidential primary race in Rappahannock County as he piled up a huge win over Sen. Hillary Clinton across Virginia Tuesday evening.
In the county, the Illinois senator received 774 votes or 59.5% of the total, to Clinton’s 515 votes or 39.6%.
Statewide, with 93% of Virginia’s 2,472 precincts reporting, Obama […]
Rappahannock political activists pony up for candidates, but some of their horses won’t run
By James P. Gannon
Throughout the past year, Rappahannock County political donors have opened their wallets to lend support to Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, but some of their favorites have already disappeared from the 2008 nomination races.
A search of campaign contribution records shows that Rappahannock donors gave to a wide range of presidential candidates […]