Maude de Valerie

Musings about politics from a Democratic perspective, named for the warrior also known as Maud de Saint Valery.

She was killed in 1210 by King John, who had her starved to death because she had defied him.

Sunday, March 30, 2014

The McAuliffe Administration, three months in.

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Gov. McAuliffe's approval rating is 44%. What does that mean? McAuliffe saved us from a Cuccinelli administration. For which we should...

Saturday, January 17, 2009

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Pastor Strangelove Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fact that Rick Warren is Giving the Inaugural Prayer. I was talking with ...

Saturday, December 13, 2008

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The Auto Bailout: PART I: What does it all mean? And how much does it all cost? Years ago, I dated a guy who was a republican with an M...

Sunday, November 16, 2008

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Bush's Fire Sale: selling out America, piece by piece. I know that every outgoing president rushes to utilize the last remaining shreds ...

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

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Post-Election Day Thoughts... well, I haven't finished processing this yet, and am too tired to really even think about it. Still a lit...

Monday, November 03, 2008

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Pre-election day random thoughts: 1) The Virginia State Board of Elections. So, suddenly, for the first time, the SBE is interpreting the r...

Sunday, October 12, 2008

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Laurence Eagleburger Cross-Posting I updated my post about Laurence Eagleburger to reflect recent developments in the McCain campaign in my ...

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Maude de Valerie: policy geek, mom, slayer of dragons, appreciator of the absurd.

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