Virginia Right!

WHO: Doc Thompson visits MTP (Mechanicsville TEA Party) WHEN: Thurday night May 16th at 7pm WHERE: Life Church on Atlee rd WHY: To Launch the “What is the Coolridge Project?” FOR: To give Conservatives and even stronger voice and bigger platform ***: Doc will be promoting the MTP on his show, TheBlaze.com on Thursday from [...]

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This article has a calculator to determine what the vote percentage in a British General Election would be required for UKIP to win the General Election in 2015. I found this analysis to be useful as to what happens in the vote.  Here’s part of the conclusion: Electoral Calculus said that Ukip would win enough [...]

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I have already posted on the fact that I cannot support Corey Stewart for Lt. Governor and now I call on the TEA Party Federation to rescind their endorsement. The letter below shows the same thing my research turned up about Stewart and the reason that, in spite of the endorsement by the TEA Party [...]

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I am on the email list for ConservativeHome blog (which I recommend heartily) and I was curious what the pro-Tory blog would say.  But it did not come to me today!  I thought maybe I got kicked off for aggravated touting for UKIP (which I plead guilty!) in the recent postings.  But I went to [...]

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The vote is today and we should have results early this evening on the Eastleigh by-election, formerly held by the LibDems. The Evening Standard has this headline: Eastleigh voters ‘less likely to run from Ukip canvassers’ And some voters interviewed say UKIP could pull off the surprise upset victory: Voters in Eastleigh today admitted the [...]

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The Eastleigh riding by-election for local parliament is getting very interesting.  Very interesting indeed.  UKIP could win after all!  Certainly very good possibility of their best turnout ever.  I reported the Lord Ashcroft poll this AM but the Guardian is reporting by one of its bloggers that two (the third poll is the Ashcroft one) [...]

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So what is the common denominator with today’s Democrats? Civil rights? Naw. Unless you happen to be black. Gay rights? Not unless you are gay. Abortion rights? Women’s rights? Environmental issues? No. Each of these individual proponents are lobbyists for their own position and simply tolerate the other Democrats because they have a common hatred. Republicans. Conservatives. [...]

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. Before we get started, let me remind you that there’s now a seat available on the Watcher’s Council up for grabs. We’re currently looking at candidates, so if you’re interested, think you qualify or [...]

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The Council has spoken, the tribal votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. Even taking into consideration the normal high level of quality in both the Council and Non-Council entries, this was a tough call with some exceptional pieces to choose from, and the close vote [...]

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  The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. What happens when you finally decide enough is enough? This week’s winner, Virginia Right! looks at that question in this week’s winning entry, .Boehner and Cantor’s ‘War on Conservatives’ Causes Exodus of Conservatives [...]

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As I mentioned yesterday, my Congressman Eric Cantor and his War on Conservatives has convinced me that all is lost on the National Front with the Republican Party. As Speaker John Boehner and Cantor, two Progressives pretending to be Republicans purge Conservatives from every committee, the result is not only a total and complete move away [...]

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There is no doubt that whoever coined the phrase “Fiscal Cliff” for the converging tax hikes and sequestration cuts is a fan of big government. And while most Republicans and Conservatives are loathe to cut a single dime out of Defense spending, and those on the left will never willingly cut the entitlement spending that [...]

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  The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. I and my Council comrades hope all of you had a simply wonderful Thanksgiving. But beware of the Turkey’s revenge!! Democrats and the Left like to call themselves ‘pro-choice’, something that’s always fascinated [...]

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Erick Erickson’s a politically savvy guy. He shows up on CNN and other news outlets regularly, has a radio show and is the main drive behind the popular conservative blog RedState. I have met Erick on several occasions and have a lot of respect for him. But I take exception to his column this morning at Redstate [...]

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Weekly Standard: A First Reaction to the Ryan Pick “One of the first political events I vaguely remember (I was eight years old) is listening on the radio to John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address. When I woke up this morning, this passage was echoing in my head. It needs a bit of updating—but I think it [...]

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Drudge is reporting that Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is one of the finalists for the VP nomination. That is an interesting choice. Mitt Romney needs someone with experience, knowledge and conservative credentials to boost his stock with the base and bring Independents and women over to the former Massachusetts Governor’s side. We know Condi. Very smart [...]

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Here’s the word from the chairman of the Alabama GOP in a Montgomery blog: Governor Bentley also signed Senate Bill 477, sponsored by Senator Gerald Dial of Lineville. This bill, that would bar the state from taking over private property without due process, is intended to shelter Alabamians from the United Nations Agenda 21, a sustainable development [...]

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This report from UKIP shows that UKIP policies are gaining popular support. There is a poll in the Independent that states that over 1/3 of Tory voters are considering switching to the anti-EU libertarian party! Almost one in three people who voted Conservative at the last election are ready to back the UK Independence Party, [...]

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UKIP had a great day in Thursday’s local elections.  The Guardian’s headline is:  “Local Elections:  UKIP and Respect gain ground” The Eurosceptic party averaged about 14 per cent of the vote where its candidates were standing, mainly at the expense of the Conservatives. *** Conservative MP Gary Streeter blamed defections to Ukip for his party [...]

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