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I suppose Tim Kaine thinks we Virginian’s forgot how he increased College Tuition by 25% and ran the state into more debt than anyone but Obama can accumulate. Did you forget that we used to call him Tim “The Absentee Governor” Kaine because he was off in a bro-mance with Barack? Or that he didn’t manage [...]

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RICHMOND (July 12, 2012)-Today, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced that the Richmond Circuit Court has dismissed convicted murderer Jens Soering’s lawsuit against Governor Bob McDonnell, finding that the governor did not violate Virginia Code § 53.1-220 when he revoked the transfer of Soering from Virginia to his homeland of Germany.   Soering is currently serving two [...]

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In stunning but not entirely unexpected news, Del. Robert G. Marshall (R-Dist 13), will run for United States Senate in the June primary. I am not yet endorsing my former delegate that I worked for his campaign from 1991 to 1995.  But I know Bob Marshall as a man of principle.  He introduced a child-support [...]

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The Commonwealth Prayer Breakfast is held to pray for our leaders and ask God to be with them and guide them in this difficult task. It is also a time when politics and partisanship take a back seat to the interests of the citizens of Virginia.

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Tim Kaine – Please let the door hit you on the way out.

So, on his way out the door, Tim Kaine finally stopped by Richmond long enough to pack up his belongings and drop off the poision pill Republicans were expecting.

The chants at the Republican Victory Party of “Bring Back the Car Tax!” still echo in my ears. (Yea, right.)

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By now it should be pretty evident to all Virginians. The United Republican Ticket is seen as the best option for businesses and Law Enforcement. While Creigh Deeds is running around in Emperor’s New Clothes fashion pretending to have a transportation plan and spreading absolute lies about Bob McDonnell, Bob is traveling the state telling [...]

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Bob McDonnell announces almost half a billion dollars more for Schools:

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Ok, I know that Delegate Phil Hamilton has said he did something that, in retrospect, he should not have done. Everyone seems to have their knickers in a bind. If only he had done something minor, like driving off of a bridge and leaving a woman to drown while he wondered off in a drunken stupor. Or ran a male prostitution ring out of his home. Or failed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes.

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The special session called by Governor Kaine after much urging from Senator Cuccinelli (and this blog!) opened today at 10 am with a hearing of the Senate Court of Justice Committee to hear various experts in various fields.

The only witness I could stay to hear was the Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney [Michael R. Doucette, who was speaking as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Commonwealth Attorney’s Association] who succinctly stated the issues arising from the Melendez-Diaz decision. His report was stark and disturbing. There has indeed been an impact on public safety.

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Democratic Candidate Creigh Deeds is at it again. He is unable to find any issues on which to trump Republican candidate Bob McDonnell, so he is going back to the failed $125 million unemployment offer from Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.

What Deeds does not want you to know is that this $125 million offer comes on the condition that Pelosi and Obama get to rewrite Virginia unemployment laws. That’s right. These Socialists will get to write Virginia’s laws.

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A few folks have noticed a lack of posts the last couple of days. No, I have not become disillusioned, tired of politics, and I am not sick. Thanks for the emails. I actually took a couple of days off to attend a family reunion in Wheeling, West Virginia, my Dad’s hometown. Honestly, I had no intention of neglecting this blog. I took my laptop and was ready to blog about the numerous events and happenings in Virginia and Nationally while I was away. But a funny thing happened. I was way too busy with my family to have any time to sleep, let alone blog. More on that later.

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As reported on this blog and other sources, Virginia Republican Nominee for Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has been calling for a special session to address the recent US Supreme Court ruling in the Melendez-Diaz vs. Massachusetts case. Virginia Right! has been behind Cuccinelli on this and we have expressed regret that Governor Kaine and especially Democratic Nominee for Attorney General Steve Shannon decided to try to use this issue for political gain. [caption id="attachment_927" align="alignright" width="141" caption="Attorney General Nominee Ken Cuccinelli Made The Right Call!"][/caption]

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Early word is, Governor Kaine will call a special session to deal with Virginia’s now unconstitutional statutes made so by the Melendez-Diaz case on which this blog has devoted considerable time, thanks to the early recognition os guest blogger and local attorney Sandy Sanders.

More as soon as it becomes available.

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The important ruling in the Melendez-Diaz case which has been a much discussed topic on this blog and others, as well as other news sources has seen those charged with driving under the influence have their cases dismissed. Governor Kaine has come down in favorMADDLOGO of, well, we are not sure what he is in favor of. He wants to do something administratively. However, the consensus among most is that this is a problem that can only be fixed by the legislature.

In a letter published here yesterday, six prosecutors from around the state lay out a pretty compelling argument for a special session, and the sooner the better.

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Minutes after the US Supreme Court ruled in the Melendez-Diaz case, frequent guest blogger, Sandy Sanders, Esq. sent me his expert opinion on the devastating impact on the case. His fear was that if we did not do something to fix Virginia law, drunk drivers and drug dealers would have their cases dismissed. Virginia law as it now exists has been ruled unconstitutional. Sanders has posted several updates and each one relayed the urgency of this important decision. I have also posted on this topic several times.

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Steve Shannon hired a new campaign manager, Mike Henry, to try to make him appear to be a viable candidate. Mike needs to go back to the drawing board. Perhaps he is still reeling after managing Terry McAuliffe’s disaster of a campaign, spending money faster than President Obama and Nancy Pelosi combined with the same dismal results. Henry comes with a good history of results, managing Tim “The Absentee Governor” Kaine’s campaign as well as Mark Warner’s successful campaign for US Senate. Unfortunately for Henry and Shannon, George Bush is out of office and Obama is not doing so hot. For the first time, Henry will actually be forces to run a campaign against the actual opponent, rather than against an unpopular Bush.

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I wrote in a previous blog entry here at Virginia Right that McDonnell and Cuccinelli need to call for a special session of the Virginia General Assembly to amend the law on lab reports to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision in Melendez-Diaz.

I am pleased that Sen. Cuccinelli has in deed called for the special session. See the Times-Dispatch, B-3, Saturday July 11, 2009. But the governor is dragging his feet on this issue:

“My public safety team,…are analyzing the ruling to determine what it might mean with respect to staffing and our forensic lab and the availability of more people to testify…”

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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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The Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday effectively struck down the Commonwealth of Virginia’s criminal lab report statute as violative of the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. The case not from Virginia, Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, held that lab reports cannot be admitted against a defendant but rather the actual lab examiner has to be present to testify. Laboratory reports usually deal with drugs but can also be used to introduce DNA testing as well as other forensic evidence. The spectre of overworked lab analysts shuttled throughout the state and trial delay are unacceptable. Lab reports arise in both the district courts and circuit courts.

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