The Richmonder Politics and news from Virginia's capital city

Richmond Folk FestivalRichmond, Virginia may be one of the most misunderstood cities in the United States—let me give you one quick example. A few weeks ago I was listening to Melissa Harris Perry's weekend morning news show and I heard Perry lash into Richmond because Monument Avenue—one of the Na

A plan to smear the president and engage in some pre-election race baiting has fallen foul of the New York Times:The 54-page proposal was professionally bound and illustrated with color photographs, indicating that it is far beyond a mere discussion. The strategists have already contacted Larry Elde

A friend of mine from the Richmond City Democratic Committee is up for consideration as the Presidential Elector for Virginia's 7th District at the 7th District Democratic Committee's convention this weekend. Ben Ragsdale is a passionate lifelong Democrat with more than 50 years of service to the p

From ABC News:One of Mitt Romney’s closest friends and a high school classmate has been asked by the Romney campaign to come out and offer “supporting remarks” in defense of the candidate following a Washington Post article that described pranks at the Cranbrook School in the 1960s that focused on a

Wow, in his senior year at a highly exclusive prep school, Mitt Romney rounded up a gang of fellow students and carried out a pre-planned act of assault and battery on a younger, weaker boy that he perceived to be gay. Romney finished his felonious assault off by forcibly cutting the other boy's ha