New York Times columnist Frank Rich writes of a racial sea change in Virginia politics that may make Senator John McCain’s campaign stink worse than low tide. Rich reviewed speeches of both McCain and Senator Barack Obama following their victories in the Chesapeake primaries and notes that McCain was swamped by “a collection of sallow-faced old Beltway pols.” The sign of the time? The face of former Republican senator George Allen, whose presidential hopes were dashed by a racial comment and who appeared among McCain’s supporters during McCain’s victory speech in Alexandria. With Obama claiming 52 percent of the white votes in the Virginia primary, Rich writes that Allen “is the foreigner in 21st century America.”
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Locals urge support of basic rights at Albemarle/Charlottesville Democratic Breakfast
Light ‘em up [February 15]
Public smoking ban falls for fourth straight year
Two strikes and you’re out [February 14]
Downtown Mall store raided by federal agents
Obama, McCain win big [February 13]
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Obama gets posthumous endorsement [February 12]
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