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Five governors

Oct 17th, 2009 | By Vivian J. Paige | Category: News

Adam Rhew of NBC29 in Richmond sat down with five Virginia governors: Current governor Tim Kaine, and former governors Linwood Holton, Doug Wilder, George Allen and Jim Gilmore. The men talk about a number of issues, including use of the new media and a two-term governor.
It is not often that Virginians get the opportunity to [...]



VV09: Deeds interview

Sep 28th, 2009 | By Vivian J. Paige | Category: Governor

Joel Rubin interviewed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds. The two parts are below.

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VV09: McDonnell interview

Sep 28th, 2009 | By Vivian J. Paige | Category: Governor

Joel Rubin interviewed Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell. The two parts are below.

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VV09: Wagner interview

Sep 28th, 2009 | By Vivian J. Paige | Category: Lieutenant Governor

Joel Rubin interviewed Democratic candidate for LG Jody Wagner. The two parts are below.

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VV09: Bolling interview

Sep 28th, 2009 | By Vivian J. Paige | Category: Lieutenant Governor

Joel Rubin interviewed Republican candidate for LG Bill Bolling. The two parts are below.

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VV09: Shannon interview

Sep 28th, 2009 | By Vivian J. Paige | Category: Attorney General

Joel Rubin interviewed Democratic candidate for AG Steve Shannon. The two parts are below.

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VV09: Cuccinelli interview

Sep 28th, 2009 | By Vivian J. Paige | Category: Attorney General

Joel Rubin interviewed Republican candidate for AG Ken Cuccinelli. The two parts are below.

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Hamilton probe widens

Sep 16th, 2009 | By Vivian J. Paige | Category: Local Politics

The federal investigation into Republican incumbent Delegate Phil Hamilton and Old Dominion University took an interesting turn last week with the announcement of that ODU had been served with legal papers. From The Virginian-Pilot report:
The university said it has received three documents related to the Hamilton matter but declined to identify them in detail or [...]



VA Votes 2009 airing across Virginia

Sep 16th, 2009 | By Vivian J. Paige | Category: Virginia Politics

Hampton Roads’ own Joel Rubin, former host of On the Record, will be hosting a series of interviews with the six statewide candidates.
Called Virginia Votes 2009, the series features three half hour shows, each including interviews with the nominees for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General.

Virginia Votes 2009 – The Candidates for Governor: Bob [...]



Kanye West shows off at VMA

Sep 16th, 2009 | By Vivian J. Paige | Category: Music

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve probably heard about how rapper Kanye West took the stage at the Video Music Awards, grabbed the microphone from Taylor Swift, winner of the Best Female Video award, and ranted about how the winner should have been Beyonce.
Of course, if you are an oldster like me you a) [...]