Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, October 31. So...have you decided when you're voting on Tuesday? Also, check out President Obama's weekly addresss, on the need to reform our criminal justice system.
- Krugman: Springtime for Grifters ("The point is that we shouldn’t ask whether the G.O.P. will eventually nominate someone in the habit of saying things that are demonstrably untrue, and counting on political loyalists not to notice. The only question is what kind of scam it will be.")
- GOP “death spiral” shocker: “We’ve gone beyond the tipping point on the demographic changes” ("Pollster Stanley Greenberg lays out why the deck is stacked against the Republican Party in 2016")
- “Douchebag says what?”: Stephen Colbert unloads on CNBC, GOP crybabies
- This strange, worrisome GOP race (I'd say "deeply disturbing" - both the extremist candidates and the corporate media's refusal to call them out for their lies.)
- Poll: Hillary Clinton Hits 50 Percent Support
- GOP and the Rise of Anti-Knowledge ("Ben Carson’s rise to the top of the Republican presidential field shows that many Republicans, especially Christian fundamentalists, have decoupled from the real world — and are proud of it.")
- Will the GOP Protect Rubio From Bush’s Worst Attacks? ("As Rubio’s stock rises, the party establishment may want to keep one Florida politician from pulling the other one down with him.")
- Why the GOP Won’t Like Any Honest Debate Moderators ("The Republican National Committee’s problem really isn’t with CNBC." Agreed, they want a right-wing echo chamber or they freak out.)
- America needs an independent presidential candidate (The problem for Jim Webb is he hates campaigning, fundraising, etc, etc.)
- Why the Republican Tax Plans Won’t Work ("There is no rationale for across-the-board tax cuts, no matter what the Republican candidates say.")
- Donor With Deep Pockets Backs Rubio, in Blow to Bush
- In Shift, U.S. Is Sending Special Forces to Syria
- At NAACP meeting, McAuliffe announces initiative to address school discipline
- The Va. Democratic Party has a million-dollar man, thanks to Gov. McAuliffe ("Philip Munger, a billionaire’s son with no obvious connection to the commonwealth, is the largest individual donor to the state party in 20 years — and the type of highflier the governor specializes in courting.")
- Warner, Kaine and Comstock agree—new budget is a good deal for Virginia
- Dominion says it would run natural gas pipeline through mountain to avoid rare salamander
- Our view: Who's giving out what for Halloween
- UPDATED: McAuliffe hitting Roanoke on Sunday to rally voters in Senate race
- Hippen changes approach in rematch race for Villanueva's 21st District seat ("You've seen this race before. Del. Ron Villanueva and Susan Hippen are facing off in a rematch of the 2013 race that Villanueva won with 54 percent of the vote.")
- Senate race between Wagner, McCollum among Virginia's most expensive (Dominion's BFF Frank Wagner richly deserves to lose.)
- Military veterans vie for District 2 seat (The one to vote for is Democrat Joshua King, "a 34-year-old Mississippi native, Iraq war veteran and sheriff’s deputy in Fairfax County.")
- Promising proposal for port's future
- Democratic robo-call sparks GOP complaint in Arlington board election (This is utterly ridiculous; it was a mistake by the vendor, quickly corrected, no comparison to Republican Mike McMenamin's push polling and lies.)
- Forecast: Trick-or-treaters need not fear
