I attended a wonderful fundraiser this afternoon in Vale Precinct for Mark Keam. Our senior Senator, Jim Webb, was the distinguished guest. Webb was praised for passing a GI bill for our veterans and for working on a laundry list of important issues, including health care. Senator Webb talked about how he has season tickets for the Redskins, who lost this afternoon......AGAIN!! Webb noted that Dan Snyder had donated $50,000 to the McDonnell campaign. Add that to the loss today, and it doesn't sound like Snyder's picking real winners these days. 
As Webb pointed out, this time three years ago, he was way down in the polls and was being outspent two to one. Little good it did his opponent!!!! Webb had 14,000 volunteers who worked on his behalf and got him elected. Jim Webb and Mark Keam were both new to politics when they decided to run for office. We have the same hope for Mark Keam as we did for Jim Webb. Mark Keam is another individual with a varied background who has much to bring to Richmond if elected.
Senator Webb spoke about the outstanding endorsement that The Washington Post gave Creigh Deeds earlier today and how important this election is to Virginians. We can either be set back fifty years and lose much of the progressive issues we've worked so hard for in Virginia or we can go back to individuals concentrating on dividing people and social 
issues. Our state has had a Triple A bond rating for several years now, we are the best managed state, the best state in which to do business, we have the best public schools and Virginia's the best place to raise a child. Why on earth would we want to set ourselves back and go back to the Gilmore days when they never balanced a budget????
Thanks to hosts Mary Ann and Bob Hovis! It sure was great to see Senator Jim Webb again. Many of us were among the 14,000 volunteers who worked to get him elected. Let's do it again, folks...there's too much at stake for us not to!P.S. Other than Jim Webb and Mark Keam, people pictured in these photos include Del. Ken Plum, former LG candidate Mike Signer, FCDC Chair Mary Ann Hovis and VAYD Vice President of Issues and Advocacy Antonio Elias.
