Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, February 7. Also check out the full video of last night's Republican debate, starting with the botched entry and continuing to Marco Rubio's utter meltdown.
- Watch the Super Awkward Introduction of the GOP Debate
- Rubio chokes ("The Florida senator went into Saturday night’s GOP debate with momentum. He ended it as a viral glitch sensation.")
- A bad night for front-runners and a good night for governors ("Rubio faltered under heavy criticism, while Christie, Kasich and Bush went on the attack." There's seriously something weird, even f'ed up about Rubio. The guy's got several screws loose, at least.)
- Marco Rubio Was a Disaster ("The Florida senator was unprepared for an attack he should have seen coming.")
- Why Chris Christie’s beatdown of Marco Rubio was the only moment from the GOP debate that mattered ("Sen. Marco Rubio had to fend off an assault from the Garden State bully. Instead, he nearly self-destructed")
- These guys are killing conservatism: How Trump & Cruz are accelerating the intellectual debasement of the right
- Clinton often weighs in on state issues. Not this one. (It will be fascinating to see how Clinton responds to this when asked by reporters, which is basically inevitable.)
- Editorial: Taxpayers will lose if anti-proffer bills pass ("Local officials also know, thanks to the car-tax fiasco, that the General Assembly has no problem taking away local sources of revenue while ignoring the resulting void.")
- Schapiro: Assault on statehouse press premeditated, punitive ("Republicans failed effort to boot reporters from the Senate floor was nothing more than a pre-emptive, punitive exercise by politicians who don't like reporters, don't know how to deal with them and show little interest in trying.")
- McAuliffe spokesman lashes out at Bloomberg’s ‘group from New York’ (Yes, the McAuliffe folks are frustrated, but lashing out at their critics and even calling Virginia Tech mom Lori Haas a liar is really, really not cool.)
- Analysis: McAuliffe finally makes a deal — but friends say it’s not a good one (Exactly, and now he's lashing out at those "friend.")
- Monday is registration deadline for Virginia's presidential primary
- Editorial: Virginia lawmakers lend themselves a hand ("It's always a treat to watch Virginia’s elected officials react to proposed ethics rules. They’re used to passing mandates for ordinary citizens — but rather allergic to mandates that apply to them.")
- GOP to use convention to pick 5th District candidate
- Brian Moran: Gun deal is a historic advance (Hahahahahaha. Yeah right, dude.)
- Source of Potomac oil spill still a mystery as sheen begins to dissipate (It's interesting; Del. Mark Levine seems sure that the source was Dominion Power, but I haven't seen that confirmed anywhere.)
- The modern story of Hampton Roads, in one map
- Bunch brings Sanders' themes to 9th District race
- Our view: Is there no conservative solution for rural hospitals?
- Smooth sailing today, then a very tricky snow forecast late Monday into Tuesday