Virginia News Headlines: Friday Morning

Video: Obama ad quotes AARP to refute Romney Medicare lies (0.00 / 0)

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by: lowkell @ Fri Aug 17, 2012 at 11:32:13 AM UTC

Ok - this chaps me in so many ways. (4.00 / 2)

There is a posting on the VA - ecommerce website for:  and get the topic of the solicitation:  Making a difference Abstience only program training.

The Virginia Department of Health (A601) has publically posted a Quick Quote Request on eVA for:

Abstinence Education Curriculum Training (SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES)

Request ID: EVA001_QQ188074
Close Date/Time: 08/20/2012 05:00 PM
Service Area: Cities: Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg. Counties: Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, and York

I do not approve of my tax dollars being spent on ignorance!  Let's get this stopped!

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by: totallynext @ Fri Aug 17, 2012 at 12:10:17 PM UTC

Jim Messina makes offer to Romney campaign on tax returns (0.00 / 0)

Link:

August 17, 2012

Matt Rhoades
585 Commercial Street
Boston, Massachusetts  02109

Dear Matt:

I am writing to ask again that the Governor release multiple years of tax returns, but also to make an offer that should address his concerns about the additional disclosures. Governor Romney apparently fears that the more he offers, the more our campaign will demand that he provide. So I am prepared to provide assurances on just that point: if the Governor will release five years of returns, I commit in turn that we will not criticize him for not releasing more--neither in ads nor in other public communications or commentary for the rest of the campaign.

This request for the release of five years, covering the complete returns for 2007-2012, is surely not unreasonable. Other Presidential candidates have released more, including the Governor's father who provided 12 years of returns.  In the Governor's case, a five year release would appropriately span all the years that he has been a candidate for President.  It would also help answer outstanding questions raised by the one return he has released to date, such as the range in the effective rates paid, the foreign accounts maintained, the foreign investments made, and the types of tax shelters used.

To provide these five years, the Governor would have to release only three more sets of returns in addition to the 2010 return he has released and the 2011 return he has pledged to provide.  And, I repeat, the Governor and his campaign can expect in return that we will refrain from questioning whether he has released enough or pressing for more.

I look forward to your reply.

Jim Messina
Obama for America Campaign Manager

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by: lowkell @ Fri Aug 17, 2012 at 12:24:39 PM UTC

Romney campaigns predictable, lame response (0.00 / 0)

It is clear that President Obama wants nothing more than to talk about Governor Romney's tax returns instead of the issues that matter to voters, like putting Americans back to work, fixing the economy and reining in spending.
If Governor Romney's tax returns are the core message of your campaign, there will be ample time for President Obama to discuss them over the next 81 days. In the meantime, Governor Romney will continue to lay out his plans for a stronger middle class, to save Medicare, to put work back into welfare, and help the 23 million Americans struggling to find work in the Obama economy.

See you in Denver.

This response, and more broadly Romney's refusal to play by the same rules as everyone else, should be unacceptable to every American - Democrats, Independents, Republicans, Greens, Purples, Polka Dots, whatever.

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by: lowkell @ Fri Aug 17, 2012 at 13:53:59 PM UTC

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Wilder (0.00 / 0)

Is there any truth to the rumor that Wilder showed up at the Ryan fundraiser yesterday?  It wouldn't surprise me if it's true.

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by: JasonM @ Fri Aug 17, 2012 at 13:42:08 PM UTC

Apparently not true (0.00 / 0)

According to this: "Pool: Gov. Wilder was at the hotel, but he was apparently planning to attend Gov. McDonnell's education summit and went to the wrong hotel."

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by: lowkell @ Fri Aug 17, 2012 at 13:46:46 PM UTC

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Stocks, building permits indicate Obama recovery accelerating (0.00 / 0)

No thanks to Republicans, of course, under whom we got INTO this mess in the first place, and who have spent the past 3 1/2 years working as hard as they could NOT to fix the economy but to try and make President Obama fail. Well, somebody failed, and it was NOT President Obama! LOL


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by: lowkell @ Fri Aug 17, 2012 at 16:36:45 PM UTC