Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-Mississippi?) recently sent an email to supporters in which he predicted who would chair Senate Committees come January and a Democratic Virginia Senate. His intent was to highlight how liberal the Dems would be... but compared to Senator Cuccinelli, Pat Robertson and Jim Gilmore look like liberal Democrats (ok- maybe moderate Democrats). Anywho - I still think it's fun to post:
The bolded and underlined names are the Senators that I would expect to end up running each committee. The italicized names are the `fall back' Senators in the close calls. The Senators are listed in order of seniority.
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources - Ticer, Whipple
Commerce and Labor - Saslaw, Miller
Courts of Justice -Saslaw, Marsh
Education and Health - Saslaw, Houck
Finance - Colgan
General Laws and Technology - Houck, Miller, Locke
Local Government - Marsh, Lucas, Ticer, Whipple, Puckett, Puller
Privileges & Elections - Howell
Rehabilitation and Social Services - Miller, Marsh, Lucas, Ticer, Puller
Rules - Houck, Whipple
Transportation - Houck, Miller, Marsh, Puckett, Deeds
What do people think? Any surprises?
Update: I've been asked for a link, so you can find the email here. Am I the only one who thinks Senator Cuccinelli has anger management issues?
Whoops, that was the last critical election to switch control of a Senate!
Yeah, of course it's nice to dream -- but let's elect a bunch of Democrats first.
Even the RPV's Shaun Kenney thought it good enough to put it on their front page! We'll see if it works!