Cap gun: GOP targets Perriello for energy vote
“It takes courageous leadership, as we find in our president and in our Congressman,” said Delegate David Toscano, shown here with his Congressman.PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
The so-called Cap and Trade Bill, officially known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which passed the House of Representatives Friday, June 26 (after an explosion of favors for recalcitrant legislators), has earned freshman Congressman Tom Perriello (D-Ivy) the distinction of being among just 14 lawmakers, according to pundit E.J. Dionne, targeted by the national Republican Party. And Perriello appears to be the only one garnering his own television ad.
“Tell him to stop voting with Nancy Pelosi and start voting for Virginians instead,” says the anti-Perriello television commercial and a radio ad, both of which call the bill a “massive new tax.”
At a Wednesday morning press conference on the Downtown Mall, the Democratic Perriello appeared undaunted– and unwilling to grant the argument that (more)



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