Virginia Right!

Newt Gingrich was eliminated from the possibility of having his name on the Virginia Republican Presidential Primary ballot for 2012. Virginia requires at least 10,000 signatures which must include 400 from each Congressional District. Mitt Romney and Ron Paul remain as the only candidates whose name will appear on the ballot in the Republican Presidential [...]

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Last night came the news that the 9/11 mastermind and most wanted terrorist in the world has been captured, executed and buried at sea. While the news is welcomed, one would hope that there will be some proof offered, perhaps video, showing the death of Osama Bin Laden. News reports claim that there are pictures. [...]

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Here’s an interesting Weekly Standardish take on the leader of the True Finns party, Timo Soini.  Soini’s party may get the most votes and seats in the Finnish parliament in Sunday’s election! Soini sounds like a pretty solid conservative.  He’s clearly euroskeptic.  He compares the EU to their former imperialist neighbor, the (Thank God!) former [...]

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Sitting in the blogger’s lounge and roaming about at CPAC 2011, the rule is ‘always have a camera at the ready’. You just never know who you will come across. Here are a few photos I managed to take at the Conservative event. Ok, I admit. Robert Stacy McCain of The Other McCain is not [...]

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That pronouncement was met with a loud roar by the pro-Paul CPAC crowd. Donald Trump spoke about how America has become the whipping post and laughing stock of the world. HE stopped just a bit short of announcing his candidacy for President in 2012.

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Conservatives recall well the Miss USA fiasco last year.  Carrie Prejean, Miss California USA was asked the infamous question about Proposition 8 in California, reversing the state supreme court’s decision establishing a state constitutional right to gay marriage.  She stated she supported it.  Some, including Prejean, have suggested that she lost the crown due to the answer.  [...]

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The mark of how effective Sarah Palin’s speech was on Saturday is obviously subjective. But knowing the left’s fear and hatred of this powerful woman, the best gauge may be the reaction from the left.

The verdict: It was a powerful and effective speech.

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