Posts from the ‘Marky Mark’ category

Pete Snyder for U.S. Senate?

Yesterday’s April Fool’s post about me running for the U.S. Senate was apparently taken seriously by many more people than I expected.  I have had to…

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What Next For Gov. McDonnell?

Gov. Bob McDonnell’s term ends at the start of 2014 after the 2013 elections. It was reported Thursday that he was the pick to be Mitt…

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We Call it Mini-Tank

Tim, this is great.  Let me show you how we have reduced the Department of Defense budget.  We made the tanks smaller.   We use short…

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Guess Who Cut Out Early On Obama At The DNC Last Week…

President Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech last Thursday night.  But guess who was spotted blowing out of Charlotte earlier that day on the 11:30 a.m.…

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Tim Kaine’s Pay Cut Gimmick

Former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine fired off a new ad this week where he tried to tell the camera that he was awesome as Governor. No,…

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Mark Warner Votes To Eliminate 20K Virginia Jobs; Tim Kaine Approves

Virginia’s outgoing senior U.S. Senator Jim Webb did the right thing yesterday and voted against the Democratic plan to raise taxes on individuals who earn over $200K a year…

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Mark Warner Campaigns With Obama, Approval Rating Drops 7% Overnight

It was a scary Friday the 13th last week for Marky Mark.  He had to take off his moderate mask and reveal himself as the partisan…

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Timmy! and Marky Mark to share stage with Teleprompter (and its reader, President Obama)

This Friday, fmr. Gov. Tim Kaine and U.S. Sen. Mark Warner will appear alongside Pres. Obama in Virginia Beach, Hampton and Roanoke.  (Finally, those skewed outlier…

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Mark Warner Wants To “Guard The Change”? Seriously?

At the Democratic State Party convention this weekend, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner told the crowd: “In 2008, we changed the guard. In 2012, we need to…

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Is Mark Warner About To Get “Bookered”?

First it was Newark, NJ Mayor Corey Booker defending free market capitalism against attacks by the Obama campaign — that is until he got slammed by…

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Mark Warner Cozies Up To The Unions, Slaps Virginia Businesses In The Face

To all the members of the business community, pro-business organizations, Chambers of Commerce, etc. who have supported Mark Warner in the past, here is a great…

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Jeff Thompson’s VA Donations Start Getting Media Attention

While Virtucon was all over the story more than a month ago that D.C. businessman Jeff Thompson, who is under federal investigation for practices related to…

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VA Gov. 2013 Dems – McAuliffe vs. Warner vs. Connolly?

Paul Bedard, formerly of Washington Whispers at U.S. News and World Report and now of Washington Secrets at the Washington Examiner, writes that Terry “Global Crossing”…

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Is Congress About To Outlaw “Get Rich The Mark Warner Way”?

Everyone is abuzz about the “60 Minutes” story on congressional insider trading as well as Peter Schweizer’s new book set to blow the lid off the…

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New Roanoke College Poll: Obama In The Tank; Allen Leads Kaine; McDonnell, Warner Approval Near 70%

In 2009, Roanoke College had the third most accurate poll on the Virginia gubernatorial election, correctly pegging Gov. McDonnell’s margin of victory at 17%, but understating…

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Paul Ebert Watch: Day 38 – Maybe Mark Warner Needs To Have A Talk With Ebert

PotomacLocal reports that Fmr. Gov. Marky Mark has endorsed PWC Chairman candidate Babur Lateef.  It sounds like Warner hasn’t talked to PWC Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Ebert…

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Cooch Denies 2014 Senate Speculation

VA AG Ken Cuccinelli has denied that he is planning a 2014 senate campaign against Marky Mark. Here is official word from his spokesman: “We haven’t…

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Harry Reid Disses Mark Warner

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced his three picks for the Congressional “super committee” tasked with coming up with additional budget cuts / revenue and possibly…

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RUNAWAY! Obama Visits Va.; Kaine, Warner, Moran Bros. Scatter

Wow.  Pres. Obama couldn’t even manage to get his old DNC Chairman Tim Kaine to show up at his event in NoVA yesterday.  That shows just…

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A Preview of the 2014 Senate Race?

Seems that Sen. Mark Warner’s shot at Gov. Bob McDonnell’s transportation plan could be a preview of the 2014 Senate race.  If that is the case,…

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Senator Warner’s Absence From Health Care Repeal Vote Explained

We received the following statement from Senator Mark Warner’s office explaining his absence from the Obamacare repeal vote. We still disagree with his position opposing repeal,…

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