Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said that in the 2005 attorney general's race, state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, the Democratic candidate running against Republican Bob McDonnell, gained several hundred votes from election night to recount day. McDonnell prevailed by 323 votes out of 1.9 million cast. "No one knows if it will play out the same way again," Sabato said. "But in every statewide election, there are loads of tally errors, transposed numbers, and the like. Both Obenshain and Herring are in limbo until the recount is over....
Larry Sabato, a noted political scientist from the University of Virginia, said a more accurate description of the dynamics would be outsider vs. establishment. He noted the large number of endorsements that Byrne received from groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Republican leaders in Congress was an indication that the frontrunner was the establishment candidate.
Live from Charlottesville, “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Will Forte is among the special guests set to welcome attendees of the Virginia Film Festival tonight. Jody Kielbasa, the film festival’s director, said the four-day event is on track for another record-breaking year. This is the festival’s 26th year.
"The business community in Virginia was not strongly interested in seeing Cuccinelli win. That was pretty apparent," said Geoffrey Skelley, with the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, "I would say, generally speaking, there were a lot of reasons he lost."
Yes, there is such a thing as an "adrenaline junkie." I discussed your question with psychiatrist Bernard D. Beitman, M.D., Visiting Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. Dr. Beitman notes that although the condition is recognized by the scientific community, the term is not yet an official psychiatric diagnosis and, like "sex addiction," the concept needs to be sharpened and clarified through physiological and interview studies.
The issue of punishing the students who blocked the talk is likely to be controversial. Robert M. O’Neil, professor of law emeritus at the University of Virginia and an authority on First Amendment and academic freedom issues, said that he is not certain punishments help in these situations. "It's likely to be counterproductive," he said. More important is -- if at all possible -- to get a speaker who was blocked from speaking back on campus and show that the institution is committed to free speech. That would send more of a message, he said, than punishing students. The em...
Boar’s Head Sports Club, Charlottesville, Va., shares the newly built, $12.4 million McArthur Squash Center with the University of Virginia. “We all have the highest aspirations for [Virginia’s] squash [program],” says Club Manager James Neiderer. Noting that Director of Squash Mark Allen was ranked 42nd in the world, he adds, “Mark has grown the program at both the club and university levels, bringing on a lot of people who have never played the sport, and creating a lot of energy.”
(Commentary) "These two candidates are among the worst I've ever seen," declared the University of Virginia's Larry Sabato during an election eve appearance on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show. Virginians have a choice between a far-right-wing Tea Party social conservative and a Democrat who's been guilty of sleazy business deals and questionable fundraising," Sabato sighed.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, said the allegations are serious. "If (Paul) were at my school, he would have been expelled because of the honor code. It's a lot more serious than the 'Aqua Buddha,'" Sabato said, referring to a hazing incident during the senator's college days.
(Commentary) According to University of Virginia sociologists Bradford Wilcox and Steven Nock, co-authors of the study 'What's Love Got to Do With It? Equality, Equity, Commitment and Women's Marital Quality' women are usually happier when their husbands earn most of the household income. "Our study suggests that women who take a man's wealth into consideration when dating are likely to be happier down the line," explains Wilcox.
Cuccinelli has been unsuccessful in overcoming the accusations by his opponents that his social conservative views on abortion, gay marriage and contraception are too extreme for Virginians. Arguably his ideological steadfastness, not moderation, was the key part of his playbook. "His positions on social issues are well to the right of this increasingly moderate state," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for politics. "It's a Mid-Atlantic state, not a Southern state."
In September former secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano took over as president of the University of California, the first-ever woman to hold that position. She now heads a $24 billion system of 10 campuses, five medical centers and three national laboratories. In an interview with New America Media, Napolitano says it was the promise of the California dream, which is really the “American Dream on steroids,” that drew her to the state.
(Transcript) In the great state of Virginia today, a nasty election fight will finally come to an end: in one corner, Democrat Terry McAuliffe; and in the other, his Republican rival, Ken Cuccinelli. But the election took on national fame as the disastrous roll-out of the Obamacare website became a key issue. Joining me now is the director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, Larry Sabato.
Testosterone levels gradually decline as men age, and guidelines from doctors who specialize in hormone-related problems say hormone supplements should only be considered in men with symptoms of low levels, including sexual dysfunction. They're not advised for men with prostate cancer because of concerns they could make the disease spread, said Dr. Robert Carey, a former Endocrine Society president and a professor of medicine at the University of Virginia Health System.
A law professor at the University of Virginia will argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday that could answer questions about the use of prayer in public meetings. Douglas Laycock will represent two residents of Greece, N.Y., in a lawsuit against the town.
A nearly quarter-million-dollar grant is helping the University of Virginia digitize a collection of historic pages.
(Commentary) Fortunately, there is an alternative to the dumbed-down curriculum proposed by the B.C. government. With the help of many subject matter experts, the Core Knowledge Foundation (coreknowledge.org) has created a content-rich curriculum that actually helps students think critically and deeply. More than 1,200 schools in the United States and even a few in other countries use this curriculum. The Core Knowledge Foundation was established by well-known education reformer E. D. Hirsch, Jr., a professor emeritus of English at the University of Virginia.
The sexual side-effect rates from the current survey are lower than those we found in 2004, when up to 53 percent of respondents reported them. "It's possible that health-care providers are either prescribing antidepressants that are less likely to cause these problems, such as bupropion (Wellbutrin and generic) or are adding another drug in as an antidote to help counteract the sexual side effects," said Anita Clayton, M.D., a professor of psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Virginia.
(Commentary) The Most Quoted Man in Washington, University of Virginia political science professor Larry Sabato, has summed up the election as two people “running against the only people they could beat”—and Cuccinelli, well, couldn’t.
(Transcript) It's extraordinary, a tight race in Virginia as implications from coast to coast. Joining me now to break it all down is Larry Sabato, he's a Director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics and the author of the "Kennedy Half Century."