Yesterday, the debate on the Assembly floor got heated as Republican Del. Dave Albo stood on the floor yelling and waving a photocopy of a bar chart that allegedly showed how they were increasing funding for public education in the budget.

But anytime a Republican tells you they're increasing funding for public education, read the fine print.

As it turns out, the Republicans are really cutting the legs out from under public education while bragging that they're buying it a new hat. Here's what the Republicans new benchmarking process does:

Morris Meyer, a progressive democrat and incredibly active envriomentalist recieved the Raising Kaine endorsement today in the Virginia House of Delegates 40th District. This is big news because he is running in a hotly contested primary in a very winnable seat for Democrats.

Even more important however, is that Morris is the kind of man we really want to see running for office and helping to bring Democratic values to elected positions throughout the country.