Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, December 26.
*Obama to Leave Hawaiian Vacation Early to Work on Fiscal Deal
*Democrats push for tax cuts they once opposed (In other words, we now have a grand total of ZERO major political parties in this country who are in any way serious about balancing the federal budget. Great, huh?)
*FreedomWorks tea party group nearly falls apart in fight between old and new guard (An insane story about an insane organization, ideology, etc.)
*Police probe NBC’s David Gregory on gun clip
*Poll: Fears of cliff dive mount
*Top 10 media stories of 2012
*The Biggest Republican Miscalculations Of 2012
*The District, Maryland tops in pay equity, Virginia lags behind
*Guns in Schools: Virginia Educators Concerned about Governor’s Interest in School Staff Carrying Weapons
*Cuccinelli faces test of appealing to independents (“As the Old Dominion becomes a firmly centrist state, more closely resembling the rest of the country demographically and politically, Virginia Republicans are shifting rightward.”)
*Finding the humanitarian message in Christmas
*Wednesday and weekend storms
have wet and wintry potential
*Redskins’ Fletcher isn’t acting his age