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NBC29 Charlottesville

March 29, 2009

"Democrats in the race for Virginia’s lieutenant governor seat tried to stand out from the crowd in a roundtable discussion of the issues at the University of Virginia Sunday. The event was part of the Virginia Young Democrats Convention.

One by one each of the four democratic candidates made their pitch for office before a group of some of their youngest, most passionate constituents.

Yesterday, US Congresswoman (and DNC Vice Chair) Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for the first time spoke of her year long struggle with breast cancer. Since December of 2007, after discovering the lump, the Congresswoman underwent seven major surgeries. These procedures removed her ovaries and gave her a double mastectomy. She kept the illness private while campaigning for reelection and stumping nationwide for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, then Barack Obama.

McCain vs. Virginia With the importance of Virginia in the 2008 presidential election, the DNC now has a great resource online to show Virginia voters just how bad for us John McCain really is. Their new tool details John McCain's ongoing policy war against people from all across our great Commonwealth. You can click around a map of Virginia to view how McCain opposed legislation beneficial to different parts of our state or click through specific issues to view McCain's poor decisions on the topics most important to you.

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to remind you that bids to host the 2009 VAYD Convention are due Sept. 26th. This deadline is quickly approaching, so don't forget to get your bid together if you are considering this tremendous opportunity!

Here is the Call for Bids that was sent out last month: