Virginia Right!

12:54PM: I am in the media section with great seats in the back of the ground floor.  I have seen and been greeted by too many to mention but I will mention one or two as I listen to the Lieutenant Governor candidates.  I shout out to Del. Peace who provided the Hanover delegation with [...]

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A spokesperson for the Virginia State Board of Elections (SBE) told Breitbart News on Wednesday that it has received two complaints alleging that Corey Stewart, a candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for Lieutenant Governor, violated Virginia election law. Breitbart News reported on Friday that Stewart admitted that he was “connected to” the mysterious Virginians [...]

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The adverse publicity couldn’t come at a worse time for Republican Lt. Governor Candidate Corey Stewart. With the Republican Convention taking place this weekend and Stewart, one of 7 candidates for Lt. Governor jockeying for position, Breitbart’s news organization has done an investigative report on the negative mailers being sent to most, if not all,  [...]

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That headline says it all:  Thank you to the Lieutenant Governor for not seeking an independent bid for Governor.  I hope Lt. Gov. Bolling will stay involved in politics and always remember:  Sometimes you do earn another chance.

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Bishop E. W. Jackson, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, has put together a petition drive to implement what I called for in my blog post earlier this evening.  That petition is here.  Let’s saturate the governor’s office with petitions.  I have already tonight emailed the Governor’s Chief of Staff.  Let’s do it right away.    

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While I am appealing to important officials on political matters, I now turn from the state’s chief executive to the Lieutenant Governor and his possible intent to run for governor as an independent.  My appeal here is:  Don’t do it.  Please.  You are being used by liberals to destroy the great gains that Republicans have [...]

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My wife was greeted by a visitor to my home yesterday (Tuesday); it was Rollin Reisinger, field director for the Bell for AG campaign.  I have gotten to know Rollin and he is dedicated, let me tell you!  He brought to me a couple of the forms necessary to become a delegate to the GOP [...]

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Many years ago I discovered that the body of Pocahontas were still being interred in Great Britain and never returned home.  She is only a flight away from her homeland.  This is ONLY MY VIEWS!  (I am willing to back down if the Native Americans say that this would be inappropriate.)  Here is a short [...]

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I think the GOP still has a change to pull out the Senate but it is something of a long shot.  Romney may win and have the Senate being something like 51-49 or 52-48.  Obamacare will survive. But here’s my thoughts: Massachusetts:  I think Brown pulls this out.  I have some deep background who thinks [...]

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RICHMOND – Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling issued the following statement today following the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA):   “I am very disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the constitutionality of Obamacare.  It was my belief that the President and Congress overstepped their constitutional authority [...]

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  Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole [...]

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By Don Blake, Chairman, Virginia Christian Alliance There has been a lot of “chatter” in the news and on the internet about Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall’s House Bill 1 (HB 1).· The bill passed the Virginia House of Delegates (under the leadership of Speaker Bill Howell) two to one, for the second year in a row. One [...]

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Virginia Lt. Governor Bill Bolling has done an analysis of the Constitutional Authority of the office of Lt. Governor as presiding officer of the Virginia Senate in the event of a tie. And I believe he is spot on with his read that the Constitution gives him the authority to vote in the event of [...]

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Governor Bobby Jindal is virtually unopposed for reelection as Governor of Louisiana.  (Yes, Louisiana readers, I indeed saw the Saints game last night and all I can say is the Packers are awfully good but I felt this game had rare coaching lapses that sealed the loss – now let’s pick a cheerier subject!) Thus [...]

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And the Lt. Governor of Virginia registers his thoughts on the Senate redistricting plan: RICHMOND – Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling today issued the following statement on Governor Bob McDonnell’s veto of the redistricting bill passed by the General Assembly: “I commend Governor McDonnell for vetoing the redistricting bill recently passed by the General Assembly.  I [...]

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- U.S. District Court Rejects Federal Government’s Motion to Dismiss Virginia’s Challenge of Constitutionality of Health Care Act – RICHMOND – Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to deny the federal government’s motion to dismiss Virginia’s [...]

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Tea Party-backed Senate candidate surging in Colorado Washington Times — In Colorado’s Republican Primary for U.S. Senator, District Attorney Ken Buck of Weld County, a favorite of the Tea Party movement, has jumped to a double digit lead over former Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton. Denver pollster Floyd Ciruli explained how Buck has overcome the better-funded [...]

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Arkansas Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln is looking pretty much like a done deal down in Arkansas. With a runoff election still in progress, draining funds, a Lincoln win in 2 1/2 weeks will pit her against Republican John Boozeman who is running on the “I will vote against anything Obama favors” platform.

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What sort of office would this candidate be asked to run for in the United States:  A deputy governor in Iraq, decorated for that service with a high honor, military officer and diplomat, chairman of the board of a charity designed to preserve the ancient cultural treasures of Afghanistan and a professor at Harvard.  Did I [...]

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