Clinton is scheduled to speak at the Virginia Commonwealth University student commons at 9:30 p.m. on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
We gathered a group of people from diverse faith backgrounds last week to discuss the role religion plays in politics and the presidential election. Here are some highlights from the conversation.
As Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin head to a rally tomorrow in Virginia Beach, the economy and the plight of urban areas are not the only key issues in Hampton Roads -- an amalgam of 17 cities and counties and 1.6 million people in southeastern Virginia.
Republican John McCain turned away yesterday from attacks on Democrat Barack Obama to pivot back toward policy differences. McCain kept his speech in this Iowa river town focused on the economy and other policies, a striking change from just days ago when his campaign redoubled its challenge to Obama over his association with a former '60s radical. McCain also claimed that American voters didn't really know Obama and his "radical" views.
The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office. What she didn't tell worshippers gathered at the Wasilla Assembly of God church in her hometown was that her appearance that day came courtesy of Alaskan taxpayers, who picked up the $639.50 tab for her airplane tickets and per diem fees.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign has ousted its Buchanan County chairman for writing a newspaper column deemed racially offensive. The McCain campaign announced it was dropping Bobby May, a Republican political advertising specialist, after it discovered the column commenting on a potential Barack Obama administration.
Jailed political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive. Democratic Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, whose administration faces multiple federal investigations over how it handed out jobs and money with advice from Rezko, is considered the most vulnerable.
Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded yesterday. The politically charged inquiry imperiled her reputation as a reformer on John McCain's Republican ticket.
A Democrat-allied organization is under scrutiny nationally for possible voter registration irregularities. On Tuesday, a Nevada voter-fraud task force raided the state headquarters of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN. The group, which works to register low-income people, is accused of submitting multiple voter registrations with duplicate and false names, including names of former Dallas Cowboys players.
There's a new location for the rally Monday in Richmond featuring Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the Republican nominee for vice president. Given the "overwhelming demand" for rally tickets, the event is being moved from the Arthur Ashe Center on the Boulevard to Richmond International Raceway on East Laburnum Avenue, near the old state fairgrounds. Doors open at 11 a.m. The event begins at 2 p.m.
Rep. Eric I. Cantor's personal ties to the mortgage industry helped him play a leading role in the congressional debate over the $700 billion financial bailout.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is hitting the road again to stump for Sen. Barack Obama. Kaine will attend campaign events in Colorado and Arizona on Sunday, according to Charlie Kelly, executive director of Moving Virginia Forward, Kaine's political committee. Kaine, a national co-chairman of the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign, was once a contender to be Obama's vice presidential nominee. He has campaigned for Obama at events in states such as Iowa, Texas and Georgia and has appeared with Obama during visits to Virginia. -- Olympia Meola
A civil-rights organization said yesterday that some Virginians may lose the opportunity to vote on Nov. 4 because the state is ill-prepared for the heavy turnout that is expected.
Amid the red, white and blue bunting, Republican signs festooned the walls of Chad Smith's South Richmond home last night as about 30 people stood in the den to watch the second presidential debate of the campaign on a flat-screen TV. They cheered when Republican John McCain was introduced by moderator Tom Brokaw and booed -- good naturedly -- when Democrat Barack Obama was introduced.
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