Virginia Right!

I am keenly interested in the Constitution Party these days.  I was glad to see former Congressman Virgil Goode get nominated, although I thought he could have been stronger in the October 23 debate in Chicago.  I would have summarized the platform, challenged Green Party candidate Jill Stein on Citizens United a so-called climate change [...]

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Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference. The Serenity Prayer holds a wealth of wisdom for the TEA Party. Unfortunately, many in Virginia ignored it’s simple message. And the result has been a severe and damaging blow [...]

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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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A few minutes ago I posted the full video of the TEA Party Candidate Forum for the Hanover County Board of Supervisor races. It is rather long – nearly 2 hours. For those interested in a single race, I am in the process of compiling the questions and answers of the candidates for each district [...]

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A few minutes ago I posted the full video of the TEA Party Candidate Forum for the Hanover County Board of Supervisor races. It is rather long – nearly 2 hours. For those interested in a single race, I am in the process of compiling the questions and answers of the candidates for each district [...]

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The Democrats will try to spin this as no big deal. Except it is a huge deal and a game changer. Democrats outnumber Republicans in this bluest of blue Congressional Districts 3 to 1. NY-09 has not sent a Republican to Congress since 1922 – 90 years. In the race in 2009 in NY-23 between [...]

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This column in CNN by Maria Cardona made by blood boil.  This writer eloquently describes the 87 members of Congress in the Tea Party Caucus as the “Tyranny 0f 87″ and in these terms: The tyranny is coming from the 87 members of Congress from the tea party caucus, whose selfish and irresponsible demands during [...]

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Well, here we go again! Leave it to New York State to come up with another bizarre spectacle in a special election race. Recall that in 2009, liberal RINO candidate Dede Scozzafava was in a 3 way race between true Tea Party candidate Doug Hoffman and Democrat Bill Owens. At the last minute, RINO Scozzafava [...]

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A week after the election some political chips are starting to fall, between the GOP and Tea Party movement, both here in Virginia and Nationally. So, time for some post election “analysis”. The first thing that caught my attention was the biggest upsets in Virginia the 9th congressional district. Fourteen term incumbent, Rick Boucher, was [...]

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As we continue examining the American Health Care Plan advocated by Independent Green Party Candidate Floyd Bayne who is trying to unseat Republican Incumbent Eric Cantor, I must admit that the research and detail is impressive. Dr. Lanzalotti has obviously put in a great deal of work on this, and judging by his comments on [...]

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That so-called outside the mainstream Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle has done it!  She has raised $2.29 million in 42 days.  (recall that in Federal elections there are strict limits on contributions) according to her campaign. If you want a better source, try the report from the Las Vegas Sun: Angle’s campaign has seen a surge [...]

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Although the media seeks to a) crown Attorney General Blumenthal the winner and b) crown WWE magnate Linda McMahon the GOP nominee there is still a liberty/tea party candidate to vote for:  Peter Schiff.  Schiff will be on the ballot in the Nutmeg State.  I urge all the friends of liberty in the Connecticut area [...]

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Public Policy Polling ran a poll on 2012 preferences (Thanks to the Humble Libertarian for the original article).  It’s mostly bad news for the GOP.  No one beats Obama in a two person race.  But former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (44-46) and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (42-45) do best while former House Speaker Newt [...]

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