Both parties held their respective state conferences over the weekend, and presumptive Dem nominee for Governor
Tim Kaine fired off a nice salvo that emphasized the success Mark Warner's government has had cleaning up Jim Gilmore's mess.
Jim Gilmore, meanwhile,
hit back with some red-meat rhetoric for the Repubs that had me checking my watch to make sure it wasn't 1997. Since moderate Republicans broke ranks to sign off on Warner's budget, this anti-tax hysteria doesn't seem like a winner to me, but if they insist on making Gilmore the standard-bearer of the Virginia Republican party, I like Kaine's chances next year.
Oh, and Jimmy, since I'm a homeowner who drives America's most stealable car, my taxes went up thanks to your policies. To paraphrase The Kids in the Hall, screw you, taxraiser.