Tuesday, January 29, 2008

News Coverage of Gilmore's speech

First of all, I would like to say "thanks!" to everyone who came out last night.  I must admit that it was nice to see that all my publicity work actually paid off.  I was quite pleased with the turnout, as well as the number of media outlets that were represented: The DNR, News Leader, WHSV TV-3, The Breeze, and New Dominion blog all provided coverage of our event.  

Here are links to the articles for those who couldn't make it last night:

"Gilmore Stops at JMU" by Kelly Jasper, Daily News-Record.

"Gilmore Stumps at JMU" by Nicole Barbano, Staunton News Leader.

"Gilmore Visits JMU" WHSV TV-3

"Gilmore addresses war, economy issues at JMU" by Chris Graham, The New Dominion.

I was personally quite impressed with what the former governor had to say.  Following his speech, he fielded questions from the audience, which consisted of College Republicans, College Democrats, members of the student body, and citizens from the local community.  I admired his ability to address the questions that were presented to him in a tasteful, yet unwavering manner.  Though I realize his battle against Mark Warner for John Warner's Senate seat will be a tough one, I wish him luck in his bid for the GOP nomination.

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