20061025 Who is blogging Virginia politics

Who is blogging Virginia politics

October 25, 2006

I’ve been looking for some analysis on the Senator Allen vs. Jim Webb Virginia Senatorial race and I came across a column post by ”Not Gretchen Bulova” on “Not Larry Sabato.” It would appear after a quick glance that “Not Larry Sabato” supports Mr. Webb. Whatever.

Exploring the Who's Blogging The 2006 Maryland And Virginia Elections? list a little further I found some conservative commentary on “Commonwealth Conservative - by the CA in Wise County, Virginia.”

“Two Conservatives - Two Prince William Conservatives posting about Virginia Politics” was a great read – and closer geographically (if not politically) to some other family members…

Okay, Okay – time out. First things first. I want to be sure to congratulate all my blogger colleagues in Virginia who were one of the top must-read blogs in Virginia, according to George Washington University’s “Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet”

I have family in Virginia and spend quite a bit of time in that great state and I’ve been looking for some Virginia blogs - from all points of view.

Please see: Who's Blogging The 2006 Maryland And Virginia Elections?

The rest of the Virginia blogs mentioned by George Washington University’s “Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet” are:

Virginia

Not Larry Sabato – http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/
Raising Kaine – http://www.raisingkaine.com/frontPage.do
Commonwealth Conservative – http://www.vaconservative.com/
The Virginia Progressive – http://vaprogressive.com/
Two Conservatives – http://twoconservatives.blogspot.com/
Skeptical Observer – http://skepticalobservor.blogspot.com/

LEARN MORE and view our complete list HERE.

I spent a good bit of time grazing the Virginia blog sites and learned a great deal. I spent a week down at Williamsburg recently and I came home with more questions than answers about Virginia politics. I must add, that I was quite surprised at the level of unpleasantness in the TV ads. I thought that Maryland had a lock on unpleasant politics.

My Maryland colleagues would get value out of also grazing the Virginia sites to see how remarkable it is that the geography and names may be different, but politics in this mid-term election seem just as unpleasant and contentious, no matter where you live and work…

I was happy to read several posts by “Not Larry Sabato” that called for civility.

Keep up the good work.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA. E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org www.thetentacle.com Westminster Eagle Opinion and Winchester Report www.thewestminstereagle.com www.kevindayhoff.com has moved to http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/