McCain’s Woman Problem

A lot of people, myself included, were taken aback by McCain’s mockery of concern for the “health of the mother” as an “extreme pro-abortion position” in the debate the other night. But if McCain’s actual record on reproductive rights were more widely discussed in this election, his comment might not have come as such a big surprise.

Goode doubles Perriello in cash on hand

If you haven’t yet seen negative ads against Tom Perriello, get ready. With less than three weeks until election day, Fifth District Congressman Virgil Goode has more than double the amount of spending money of his Democratic challenger, according to financial disclosures filed yesterday to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

To Huffington Post: Thanks for noticing C-VILLE

Dennis J. Seese, a “citizen reporter” for The Huffington Post (as well as a local librarian), draws on the wisdom of C-VILLE in a post in which he tries to comprehend the minds of the voters in the Fifth District (something C-VILLE mined in its cover story about Tom Perriello last week).