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Jeff's Notes: GOP in charge

For the first time in a decade, Republicans run Virginia's legislature, executive branch and courts. Now what?

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Jeff's Notes: Cantor can't compromise

RICHMOND, VA -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says he's willing to cooperate with President Obama, but draws the line on taxes.

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Jeff's Notes: 'Twas the week before Christmas

Politics as poetry from a jolly old elf named Schapiro.

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4:01

Jeff's Notes: Tax what?

A proposal to scrap a pair of business taxes and add a tax on services from doctors, lawyers and funeral directors may be too radioactive for Virginia politicians.

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4:18

Jeff's Notes: Kaine vs. Allen

RICHMOND, Va. -- The gloves are off and their respective bases are tuned in, but can either candidate hope to improve his public image?

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5:04

Jeff's Notes -- The politicians are always complaining about the size, cost and scope of government.

A constant in Virginia politics: the politicians are always complaining about the size, cost and scope of government. Now it's Bob McDonnell's turn.

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3:47

Jeff's Notes: Can Virginia afford tax preferences?

RICHMOND, VA -- Despite a tight budget, the state continues to offer more than $12 billion in exemptions and deductions.

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Jeff's Notes - Cantor, the GOP homeboy, got beat

RICHMOND, Va. -- What happened in Henrico says a lot. It says politics there is more competitive than people think. It says Republicans who largely run the county are deeply divided. And it says that voters in Henrico know more about politics than the politicians.

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Jeff's Notes Video: McDonnell could be a big winner on election day

RICHMOND, Va. -- A Republican takeover of the Virginia Senate might be the equivalent of a second term for Gov. Bob McDonnell.

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Jeff's Notes Video: A Virginia campaign, a national slant

Nothing like a little guilt by association to get the voters' attention in an off-off-year legislative election. Republicans play the Obama card; Democrats, Social Security and Medicare.

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Jeff's Notes Video: Low turnout in November?

What if they held an election in Virginia and no one came? Jeff Schapiro explains why that will be close to the reality this November.

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4:11

Jeff's Notes: Virginia budget reality

RICHMOND, Va. -- With federal stimulus funds running out and a big IOU to the retirement fund, Gov. McDonnell has no choice but to make big cuts in state spending.

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4:06

Jeff's Notes - Virginia is part of Obama's new math for 2nd term

RICHMOND, Va. -- President Barack Obama is returning to Virginia later this month -- a sure sign the state is a must-win for him to stay in the White House.

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Jeff's Notes Video: Republican takeover?

RICHMOND, VA -- Dissatisfaction with the president is a drag on Democrats -- even those running for the Virginia General Assembly.

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4:06

Jeff's Notes: Gov. McDonnell heads to first primary state

RICHMOND, Va. -- Gov. Bob McDonnell is heading back to New Hampshire -- and it's not to check out the fall foliage

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4:19

Jeff's Notes: Presidential politics in Richmond

RICHMOND, VA -- Hoping to return Virginia to the predictably Republican category, contenders Mitt Romney and Rick Perry campaign here while state GOP leaders remain coy on endorsements.

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Jeff's Notes: High stakes for Obama in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. -- It's a swing state, and voters here are jittery about jobs.

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Jeff's Notes Video: A storm of trouble

RICHMOND, VA -- Jeff Schapiro says Hurricane Irene is shaping up as a public relations disaster for Eric Cantor.

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4:04

Jeff's Notes Video: Henrico prosecutor's messy election

RICHMOND, Va. -- For an affluent suburb that increasingly mirrors those around the country, Henrico County -- politically, that is -- brings to mind Richard Daley's Chicago.

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Jeff's Notes Video: Follow the money

RICHMOND, VA -- Follow the money, especially to General Assembly incumbents.

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Jeff's Notes: Debt deal scorecard

RICHMOND, VA -- It seems there are no winners, only losers.

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Jeff's Notes: Looking to 2012

Virginia went to Barack Obama in the 2008 election, but will the vote swing back in 2012? A new poll says it might.

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3:47

Jeff's Notes: GOP debt debate

RICHMOND, VA -- Gov. Bob McDonnell is urging compromise, but Majority Leader Eric Cantor isn't budging on taxes.

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Jeff's Notes Video: Cantor self-styled fiscal conservative

RICHMOND, VA -- But he's not the kind of fiscal conservative who used to hang out in these parts

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Jeff's Notes: Fixing the budget

RICHMOND, VA -- Republican Rep. Eric Cantor and Democratic Sen. Mark Warner have major, but understandable, differences on taxes and spending.

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