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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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Is it in the water?  A time warp?  This is the biggest year for Virginia politics since 1841.  Virginia native (born in Winchester!) and resident Rick Santorum was the first resident of the Old Dominion to win a major party caucus – Iowa.  Then Virginia resident Newt Gingrich wins the SC primary, another first for [...]

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US Senate candidate Jamie Radtke opened her Campaign Headquarters in Richmond this week. There was a good sized crowd of enthusiastic supporters on hand to share the milestone with the former head of the Richmond TEA Party and the Virginia TEA Party patriots. The crowd overflowed onto the sidewalk and enjoyed the refreshments and games [...]

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By Rep. Eric Cantor February 26, 2011 America is at a tipping point, and Republicans have begun to take action. Last week, the House passed unprecedented legislation reducing discretionary spending this fiscal year by more than $100 billion. In addition, we made clear that our long-term budget, to be unveiled in the spring, will address [...]

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Savid Javid, the Young Turk who was a former investment banker, spoke in his maiden speech to the Commons for what he called “…sound public finances, low taxation and light regulation.”  That might have been an education enough for some MPs (let alone some constituents) but the newly-minted Javid continued after throwing a slight and [...]

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The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. This feature is designed to save you the time of sifting through dozens of websites.

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The Supreme Court made a ruling last month that has prosecutors everywhere trying to figure out what to do. In the case of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, SCOTUS ruled that that the accused has the right to face their accuser. In this case, the Lab Technicians. Elwood “Sandy” Sanders wrote a guest blog which was published here a couple of days after the ruling. Sandy contacted me as soon as that ruling was handed down. Excellent foresight. You can read Sandy’s take on this important story here

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