Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, August 26.
*Former Gov. Charlie Crist: Here’s why I’m backing Barack Obama
*GOP cancels first day of convention as storm Isaac approaches (If this had happened to the Democratic convention, you just know Pat Robertson, Michele Bachmann, and others in the Teapublican Krazy Krew would have said it was God’s judgement on the evil liberals, blah blah. So…what about now? LOL)
*Citizen Koch goes to Tampa (That says it all about the Republicans right there, and all bad.)
*Schapiro: Not much left of McDonnell road plan (“One hears murmurs about random Republicans, even ahead of next year’s statewide and House elections, screwing up the courage to raise the fuel tax. A penny increase is good for $50 million, money that would come out of a lot of pockets – and more than McDonnell’s tolls would produce by pinching a few.”)
*Hurting Virginia’s clean air efforts
*Intriguing story lines for Va. contingent in Tampa (“McDonnell’s future, Bolling-Cuccinelli contest, Paul contingent among the subplots.”)
*Obama to speak at Charlottesville pavilion
*Virginia GOP delegates are ready for the big show in Tampa
*Va. GOP hope Obama’s focus on social issues helps Romney (I love it, Republicans make crazy comment after crazy comment, not to mention extreme vote after extreme vote, yet it’s OBAMA who’s got the “focus on social issues?!?” As usual with Republicans their allies in the corporate, codependent media, up is down and hot is cold.)
*Arlington promoting ‘next generation of transit’
*Editorial: Continue discussing Stadium Woods (“The Virginia Tech wooded area is safe for now, but long-term preservation is a more complex issue.”)
*Children of Hispanic immigrants in region help bridge language divide
*Nationals hit a pothole in Philadelphia
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