by LowellHere are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, October 28. Also, check out who Republican Mike McMenamin, a candidate for Arlington County Board, is caught up with -- a right winger (his firm, CMS Connects, supports "liberty-minded, pro-family candidates and organizations") who was "a central figure in the New Hampshire phone-jamming case, an attempt by Republicans to block Democratic phoning centers on Election Day." By the way, among McMenamin's many lies and distortions is that he's some sort of "Independent," when in fact he's a hard-core Republican, just like his buddy (and fellow Big Liar) John Vihstadt.
- Budget deal may end cycle of fiscal crisis in Washington
- No Grand Bargain, but Deal Is Still a Victory for Obama (Agreed. Obama is turning into one of the best presidents in U.S. history. Now, just need to do something about ISIS and Putin...)
- Warner, Kaine: Budget deal wards off defense cuts, but uncaps national debt (Not true on the debt, since domestic discretionary spending never had anything to do with driving the debt.)
- The gun-control movement retreats to revitalize itself
- Carson: I won’t raise the debt ceiling as president (Basically, every word out of this guy's mouth is quietly...cuckoo.)
- John Kasich: 'I've About Had It' With Fellow Republicans In The 2016 Race(The problem for Kasich is that the crazy Republican electorate has also "had it" -- with relative moderates like him.)
- She was guilty of being a black girl: The mundane terror of police violence in American schools ("The video of a South Carolina police officer assaulting a young students tells you everything you need to know" That "police officer" needs to be in jail, ASAP. He is a menace.)
- “This is what GOP surrender looks like”: Right-wingers lose it over budget deal between Congress and White House (Of course they do.)
- More Virginia public schools earn full accreditation (This whole thing is a stupid, cynical, political exercise.)
- Political group: Vendor to pay $3K for unauthorized use of T-D photo
- Plaintiffs to appeal House of Delegates boundaries case to U.S. Supreme Court
- Schapiro: Republicans have their sugar daddy, too ("Republicans are fuming about the Democrats' sugar daddy, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg. But the GOP has one, too.")
- Republicans pour money into Nancy Dye's bid to unseat John Edwards in Senate race
- Crime Commission waits on asset forfeiture reforms
- Fleeting victory on district boundaries ("The split decision last week upholding the constitutionality of certain Virginia House of Delegates districts is hardly confirmation of good government in action.")
- Virginia health-care experts review law GOP pans as competition killer
- Fairfax officials determining costs of changes in police department
- For Arlington County Board (The Washington Post finally gets one right, endorsing Katie Cristol and Christian Dorsey over Republian Mike McMenamin, but that doesn't excuse all the other races the Post got wrong...)
- Prosecutor who sent D.C. sniper to death row fights for job after 47 years (Other than Paul Ebert doing a great job, all you need to know here is that Republican candidate Mike May was endorsed by Ken Kookinelli. End of story - vote for Ebert next Tuesday!)
- Arlingtonians complain pollster didn’t identify call as paid for by candidate ("McMenamin, a Republican who is running as an independent, said his campaign hired a pollster to run such a survey on Oct. 6 but he provided the firm with a script that identifies the poll as being paid for by his campaign. That pollster, Campaign Marketing Strategies, has assured him that the script was followed, McMenamin said Tuesday night." That company, Campaign Marketing Strategies, is headed by Chris Cupit, who was involved in a 2002 Election Day phone jamming scandal in New Hampshire. Republican McMenamin sure knows how to pick 'em, eh?))
- Competition for Norfolk council seat: Winn looks to keep spot
- D.C. area forecast: Showers and storms today, then nice again through Halloween
