Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot

Tom Perriello is the Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, having been officially annointed at the 5th District caucus over Memorial Day weekend. He joined Coy Barefoot on the May 27, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot” to talk about why he’s running, his work in Afghanistan, and how he sees his quest to break into politics as an extension of his drive for community service.

Perriello’s opponent is incumbent Virgil Goode (R).

 

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Former Governor Jim Gilmore joined Coy Barefoot on the May 5 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about his campaign for the Senate. Gilmore is competing with Delegate Bob Marshall for the Republican nomination for the seat being vacated by Senator John Warner. The GOP will decide at a convention later this month.

“We’ve been working hard to win this race,” said Gilmore, who was elected in 1997 and served for a brief time as the head of the Republican National Committee after leaving the Governor’s mansion. Now, he’s campaigning against the man replaced him, Mark Warner.

 

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Delegate Chris Peace (R-97) is a graduate of the Sorensen Institute’s Political Leaders’ program.  Peace was a guest on the April 3, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” and discussed Senator Ken Cuccinelli’s campaign for Attorney General, this year’s Senate race, and the upcoming special session.

 

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Quentin Kidd is an associate professor of political science in the Department of Government at Christopher Newport University. He joins Coy Barefoot on the February 14 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the results of the Virginia primary.

“We would have to go back decades and wouldn’t see the kind of enthusiasm we saw in the Democratic primary and the sort of lack of enthusiasm on the Republican side,” Kidd said. Democrats outvoted Republicans 2-1 on Tuesday. He also breaks down the east-west divide that presented itself in the results, and assesses the General Assembly session post-crossover.

 

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Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling joins Coy Barefoot on the Valentine’s Day edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the results of the Virginia Republican Primary. Bolling is surprised that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee had such a good showing. He also begins to handicap the U.S Senate race between former Governors Mark Warner and Jim Gilmore. “This race is going to be a lot more competitive than people think,” he said.

 

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Logan Gibson, the unofficial Washington and Lee University correspondent for WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!”, joins Coy Barefoot to talk about her school’s mock presidential convention. The convention,  which will be held this weekend, has been quite accurate in predicting the opposition party’s presidential nominee.

“I think our full record is we’ve gotten it correct 18 out of 23 time, but we’ve only missed one prediction since 1948,” Gibson said. That was when the school nominated Teddy Kennedy over George McGovern.

 

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