Nobody expects state Democrats to be happy they got trounced in the November elections. But their vituperation at the opening of the General Assembly session reveals an ugly side of a party that likes to consider itself kinder and gentler than the opposi

The American Independent Party of California, the largest single-state third party in the nation by registration has submitted to the California Secretary of State a list of candidates for its presidential preference primary, which is non-binding. Amongs

At a time when some localities in the 5th Congressional District have high unemployment rates, our congressman, Robert Hurt (R-Chatham) has been doing exactly as he is told. His masters in Congress give him the instructions. This means voting against ext

December 29, 2011. Santa Fe. When former Governor Gary Johnson announced yesterday that he was quitting the Republican Party and taking his Presidential campaign to the Libertarian Party, it wasn’t much of a surprise. The conservative libertarian and for

In this week’s Point/Counterpoint, two local lawmakers weigh in on this question: Sen. John Edwards, a Roanoke Democrat, argues that senators should follow a precedent set in 1996 and establish a power sharing arrangement. Sen. Ralph Smith, a Roanoke Cou

RICHMOND — Senate Democrats have lost one round in their fight to keep Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling from tipping control of the evenly divided Senate to the GOP. A Richmond Circuit Court judge on Friday denied a top Senate Democrat's request for a te