If we would have known about Governor Northams’s blackface and other behaviors as a young man, then perhaps he would have never run in the primary at all or he would have been soundly beaten by Tom Perriello and Perriello, a true progressive, could be our governor today.

"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly. The rich have always objected to being governed at all." - G. K. Chesterton

By the end of the year, we might be playing “Hail to the Chief” to President Nancy Pelosi.

The modern Republican Party holds many positions which threaten our country and it’s citizens. But the Republican’s illogical position on immigration may be the most frustrating.

Virginia Democrats on both the national and state level are hard at work.

There is a growing consensus, not only among progressives, that 2020 race will see such issues as Medicare For All, a $15 minimum wage, help for student debt, a New Green Deal, a more progressive tax system will be front and center for all the candidates.

Tim Hickey wants to represent Nelson County in Virginia’s House of Delegates. Meet him at Rapunzels [map] on Sunday January 20th between 4 and 6 in the afternoon.

Connie Brennen told the Nelson Board of Supervisors, “This amendment is not just about women. I know each one of you has parents, has or may have children and grandchildren, and I know that each of you would want the law to be applied equally to all of them. This is the whole point of the amendment.”

No one is claiming a win on the fight over the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Not those for it, not those against it. Those for the ACP are a bit discouraged, however. Those against the pipeline are a bit encouraged. Here’s a few reasons why:

Fighting climate change has growing support among younger Democrats. It is their future at stake.

She is spear-heading an effort to encourage the Nelson County Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution supporting the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Next month we Democrats will control the House of Representatives. What might be the first bill introduced, HR1?

The recent passing of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President, and death earlier this year of John McCain highlights an era in which the concept of public service was strong.

The larger picture of the new House is one of women and diversity.

“And it’s really clear. Equal means equal. So women need to be protected in the United States Constitution as equals. And that’s what we’re asking for, and that’s all,” says Carroll Foy. From a story on WVTF by Mallory Noe-Payne.

By supporting Virginia Democrats in 2019 we can become the majority in state government. Then, when redistricting comes around in 2020/2021, some logical balance to the 5th can be restored.

Looking back, Nov. 6th, election day, was a lull in the action. And if the results were a rebuke of President Trump, he didn’t see it that way.

The 2018 midterms show that we Democrats are heading in the right direction but there still is a long way to go. Nelson Democrats are committed to finding a way forward.

Yes, this election is about health care, immigration, climate change and economic opportunity, but it is also a referendum on Donald Trump and the Republican Party. And their only platform is fear.

So here we are on the eve of an historic election. Fear is being stoked, bombs are being sent, Trump admires a candidate who body slams a journalist and he warns of voter fraud. It’s no wonder citizens are anxious. But, the prescription for all that anxiety is to vote.