As results favor Dems, a somber mood at GOP election party
By Duncan Phillips
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By Duncan Phillips
12:14 a.m. -- Obama, in his acceptance speech, cast himself as a uniting president-elect. In telling the story of a 106-year-old voter, he was highlighting the endurance of the American spirit through the best of times, and the worst of times, in this country's history. At least 200 people are gathered here in the Commons watching his acceptance speech after McCain delivered a valiant speech, rallying his supporters to have faith in Obama and the American political system.
At 5:45 a.m., a line more than a block-and-a-half long snaked out of the Westhampton Baptist Church voting precinct where 2,200 voters were registered.
MANASSAS, Va. -- Once more droves of supporters poured in, chants of "Yes, we can" pervaded the night's cool autumn air, and for the last time Barack Obama took center stage on the eve of a much-anticipated presidential election, as 21 months of campaigning closed here in northern Virginia.
With one day until the 2008 election, Virginia Democratic representatives spoke in the theater at Virginia Commonwealth University's Student Commons to encourage voter turnout and endorse Democrat Mark Warner for U.S. Senate and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
The racial disparity in health care today has direct roots in the historical treatment of African Americans, bioethicist Harriet Washington said Thursday.
Twelve University of Richmond students traveled to Virginia Tech during fall break to attend Virginia Powershift, a student-run environmental conference encouraging a movement toward sustainability.
There are those on the political left who daily spew out partisan rhetoric in the national media during endless cycles of cable news programs, in newspapers, on radio and online. And there are those on the ideological right who do the same.
The performers at the "Get Out and Vote" concert at the Richmond Coliseum on Tuesday night expressed a desire for change and peace in America after the coming election.
By Jenn Hoffman
A two-time U.S. ambassador to Israel and former Clinton administration adviser strongly encouraged members of Richmond's Jewish community on Thursday to support Sen. Barack Obama for president -- an endorsement that goes against long-established Jewish support for Republican candidates.
The University of Richmond's $1.7 billion endowment is projected to lose more than $230 million this year, nearly $80 million of which could evaporate this quarter alone, combining for a possible 13 percent total loss this year, university officials said.
The city of Richmond's four mayoral candidates told a crowd in the Alice Haynes Room on Wednesday night that university students had a vital role in shaping the city's future.
A sexually explicit fraternity recruitment e-mail that leaked more than two weeks ago has sparked outrage over both the e-mail's content and a recommendation from the Richmond College Dean's Office to suspend the student who wrote it.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama told a crowd of 13,000 people Wednesday at the Richmond Coliseum not to be "hoodwinked" by the economic policies of John McCain, whose proposals he said would be a continuation of the Bush administration.
The 2008 presidential race isn't the only Nov. 4 election students registered to vote in Richmond will help decide. They'll also be voting for the city's new mayor under a new voting system.
Another act of discrimination struck the University of Richmond on Wednesday after a student from the T.C. Williams School of Law discovered swastikas sketched into a picnic table, university officials said.
By Kate Foss
By Emma Anderson
1. How closely are you following the presidential race?