Virginia Right!

What a historic weekend! The Virginia Republican Convention of 2013 is one for the history books! Four years ago, after suffering a most humiliating defeat in 2008 that saw Democrats grab both houses of Congress and the White House, Conservatives, the newly formed TEA Party groups and Patriot groups, Libertarians and anyone else who saw [...]

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There was some good news coming out of CPAC this year. The younger, more Libertarian leaning Republicans rose to the moment and gave some stirring speeches. At least a few are trying to buck the trend of the RINO Republican Establishment Machine. But the Machine is fighting back. In a big way. The Old Guard [...]

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Thanks to Tom White, I was able to attend the Cantor/Jindal breakfast this am!  (In fact I am here – already I have been a few feet from my hero, Governor Bobby Jindal) I have gotten a solid, if blurry photo that should be in an update for this blog post.  I was invited up [...]

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Sandy, who is ON LOCATION at the Cong. Eric Cantor breakfast with Gov. Bobby Jindal (Sandy’s hero) at the Richmond Convention Center is ready to make a decision in the Attorney General’s race (Not a BLOG endorsement of course) and that person is: Delegate Rob Bell! Why Bell? Well, I met Del. Bell last year [...]

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Democrat Gerry Connolly was the only Virginia Congressman to vote in favor of the bill masquerading as legislation to save us from the “fiscal cliff” that actually only makes the cliff higher. Or more precisely, the fiscal abyss into which we are falling even deeper. Even Bobby Scott (rightfully) voted no to this massive spending bill [...]

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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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Another Virginia Congressman has turned his back on the Conservatives who put him into office. Congressman Scott Rigell is now the latest to justify expanding government through tax increases. And he has even adopted the Progressive’s “code word” for tax hikes calling them “revenue enhancements” to blur the truth. Rigell’s approach is to take away deductions [...]

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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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It never fails. When the Republicans lose an election, they always start listening to the Liberal media telling them that they are too far to the right. They toss principles out the window and run to the left. And it never works. And even worse, instead of gaining support and popularity, they end up alienating [...]

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Tom and I agree: Romney/Ryan is our choice for President and VP.  We got to get rid of Obamacare, excessive executive orders and powers, and the continued radicalism of the present administration.  While I (Sandy) would prefer to vote for either Virgil Goode or Gary Johnson, that is simply not an option in a battleground [...]

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Good, positive message from Virginia’s 7th District Congressman Eric Cantor.

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Boston, MA – Mitt Romney today announced his Jewish Americans for Romney coalition.   “I am proud to have the support of so many distinguished Jewish Americans,” said Mitt Romney. “The Jewish community has made contributions to American society that stand in amazing disproportion to its numbers, and I am genuinely honored to have so many of [...]

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Who is Wayne Powell? Before last Saturday, I hadn’t a clue. But I went to the Hanover Tomato Festival last weekend and on my agenda – besides bringing home a couple of the home grown fruits my home County of Hanover is famous for, was meeting Wayne Powell. I intentionally had not done any research [...]

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George Allen and Eric Cantor won by large margins in their respective Republican Primary contests. Both were landslides. Congressman and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor won 80% of the vote and won every county in the 7th District tonight. Cantor faces a Democratic Party challenger in November, but this is not a serious challenger and Cantor will most likely have [...]

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Virginia is one week away from a Republican Primary contest featuring several important races. This article will focus on two of these races. The first, the US Senate race between former Governor and Senator George Allen, State Delegate Bob Marshall and two political newcomers Bishop E.W. Jackson and Jamie Radtke. The second race will look at [...]

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Indiana Senator Dick Lugar is Barack Obama’s favorite Republican. And Lugar has apparently caused Republican House MAjority Leader Eric Cantor’s heart to go pitter pat as Cantor’s PAC is begging Democrats to jump in and vote for Lugar in the Republican Primary. Lugar has gone from 5 points down before Cantor’s support to 10 points [...]

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One of the most unsettling bits of news out of Washington DC lately concerns House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and his support for Indiana Senator Dick Lugar. Normally, we wouldn’t get too concerned over Cantor or any Republican supporting a fellow Republican incumbent.  It is understandable that the decision to support Lugar is not popular [...]

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House Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor will face a primary challenger in the June 12th Republican Primary contest. According to his campaign, Floyd Bayne has turned in the required number of signatures to appear on the Primary Ballot. Bayne is a Constitutional Conservative who has previously challenged Cantor as an Independent. There is no word [...]

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If Virginians needed a reminder of what a schmuck Tim Kaine is, they need look no further than his most recent fundraising letter. Here is what Kaine had to say about the recent earthquake and hurricane: Two natural disasters – a hurricane and an earthquake – hit Virginia in the past week. Millions lost their [...]

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