Tag Archive | "Virginia Politics"
Posted on 04 May 2012. Tags: Barack Obama, Depauw University, Eric Cantor, Good Humor, Home Crowd, Hoosiers, Indiana Senator, Indiana State Treasurer, Pitter Pat, Republican House Majority, Richard Mourdock, Senate Candidate, Senator Dick Lugar, State Money, State Residents, Tim Kaine, Tons Of Money, Virginia Congressman, Virginia Politics, Young Guns
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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Posted on 17 February 2012. Tags: Balanced Budget, Bob McDonnell, Congressman Virgil Goode, Constitution Party, Fiscal Restraint, Friendly Advice, Gop Ticket, National Ticket, Newt Gingrich, Old Dominion, Party Caucus, Party Nomination, Presidential Nod, Republican Nominee, Rick Santorum, Running Mate, Time Warp, Virgil Goode, Virginia Congressman, Virginia Native, Virginia Politics, Virginia Resident
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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Posted on 28 December 2011. Tags: Board Of Elections, Campaigns, Commonwealth, Compliance, December 28, Fiasco, Fraud, Governor Rick Perry, Leadership Positions, Little Bit, Mitt Romney, Nbsp, Petition, Petitions, Presumption, Proof, Republican Party Of Virginia, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Scrutiny, Signature Requirements, Signatures, Situation Statement, Smelling A Rat, State Board Of Elections, State Elections, Statutory Requirements, Suspicion, Transparency, Valid Signatures, Virginia Law, Virginia Politics, Virginia Republicans, Virginia Statutes, Wagons
UPDATE: December 28, 2011 @ 5:20 PM I wrote this post about 45 minutes ago criticizing RPV’s decision to remain silent on this issue without offering an explanation of what transpired. I know Chairman Mullins and quiet is not something he does well or often. And I rarely take issue with his leadership positions, this [...]
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Posted on 12 December 2011. Tags: Bd, Bearing, Cheer, Costs Money, Drift, Hoeft, Job, Leahy, Mainstream Media, Norm, Passion, Personal Treasure, Radio, Score, Taking The Time, Teammate, Touchdown, Virginia Politics
If you are a Virginia Right! reader, you are also most likely a Bearing Drift reader as well. BD does a wonderful job covering Virginia Politics. What you may not know is that these guys, led by my friend J.R. Hoeft, are also doing print media as well as radio. And all this costs money. [...]
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Posted on 14 November 2011. Tags: Black Velvet Bruce Li, Blog, Bruce Li, Election Coverage, Election Cycle, Elections, Larry Sabato, Lefty, Nbsp, Table Id, Top Priority, Virginia Election, Virginia Politics
After a couple of weeks of fighting the fact that several of the ranking sites have either been down or made changes to their site that I had to rewrite my data harvesting routines, everything is finally back on track. Last week, Compete made several changes and I was able to fix it, so the [...]
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Posted on 25 September 2011. Tags: Alexa, Bearing, Blogs, Downward Movement, Drift, Election Cycle, Hoeft, Hurricane, Nbsp, New Location, Notch Job, Obstacles, Table Id, Target, Technorati, Top Notch, Top Slot, Tweak, Virginia Election, Virginia Politics
The Blog Rankings are out for 9/25/2011! While I have managed to gather the data the past couple of weeks, a number of obstacles have managed to make things a bit more difficult. As soon as we got our lights back on from the hurricane, it seems that it has been one thing after another. [...]
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Posted on 30 July 2009. Tags: 8 Years, Bedside Manner, Chit Chat, Delegate, District Representative, Growing Up On A Farm, Heart And Soul, Henrico County, Kirkland, Knack, Legislator, Medical Issues, Neurologist, O Bannon, Political Career, Preconceived Notions, Representative John, Special Session, Split Rail Fence, Virginia Politics, Warm Summer Breeze
73rd District Representative John O’Bannon attended a meet and greet in his honor last night at the Kirkland’s residence in Glen Allen. Delegate O’Bannon is running for his 5th term as Virginia Representative to the 73rd House District. If you meet John O’Bannon with any preconceived notions of what a neurologist / politician combination would [...]
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