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Since 1999 I've lived in the People's Republic of Georgia under the benevolent auspices of Governor Roy. Roy's not a bad guy -- he's just a lifelong politician, and proud of it. From Barnes' own biography:

Barnes is a lifelong legislator, lawyer, and businessman.

Looks like Roy may be on his way out. I didn't vote for his challenger and I don't know if he'll be better or worse. But anytime we can get a lifelong politician out of office it's a good thing.

Incumbents Take Note! Tara Sue Means Business

10:39:31 PM

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I hope these figures hold or go higher. It would be fantastic for Tara Sue to get 10 percent of the final vote. Even Howard Coble will be forced to take note. 10 percent is more than enough to make a difference in a tight election, and that Tara Sue did it with almost no campaign war chest says a lot about the power of the Internet (something Coble has never deigned to use yet still feels qualified to regulate.)

Almost double figures!.
Tara Sue Grubb is getting 9 percent of the vote. Hey, that's a load more than zero. It means almost 1 in 10 voted for her. I call that a major victory.
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AOL and Free Speech

8:22:07 PM

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It appears the Virginia Supreme Court has dealt the First Amendment another setback. This looks like one of those sticky-wicket situations of trying to apply narrow, local laws across the virtual space-time of the Internet. I don't blame the Va Supremes for bowing out. We can only hope AOL takes it to the US Supremes and we get some support for the First Amendment -- it's suffered enough marginalization already in the guise of Homeland Security.