Virginia Right!

Four years ago the Republican Party entered a self imposed funk. Much like they are in now. So we didn’t knock off an incumbent president. That’s a shame. A crying shame. But the time for crying is over. Now it’s time to buck up and assess where we are. It seems pretty dark, but we are a [...]

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UPDATE: This is a good poll. I just received the cross-tabs from Gravis Marketing and the sample was 39% Democrats, 36% Republicans and 23% Other (Independents.) My only criticism is that there were too many Republicans and Democrats and too few Independents. But since the sample polled 3% more Democrats than Republicans and the relatively [...]

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A new Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey reveals Virginia US Senate Candidate George Allen is walking away with the Republican nomination. Allen received 66% of the tally while the final entrant into the race Delegate Bob Marshall polled at just 8%. Jamie Radtke, the former head of the Richmond TEA Party has fallen to 3% [...]

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We have arrived and set up at the media table and it looks like there is a pretty good crowd outside waiting to get in the room. The Sheraton Roanoke Hotel was plastered with political yard signs, which made finding the location pretty easy. On Twitter? Hash Tag #VADEBATE

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The following is a press release from the Republican Party of Virginia. No mention of David McCormick so it seems that he was unable to come up with the 10,000 signatures to be placed on the Republican Primary ballot. Congratulations to the 4 candidates that will be on the ballot! From RPV: At 5:03 p.m. [...]

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Honestly, the last time I saw such a budget disaster, our last Democratic Governor Tim Kaine was behind it. Governor McDonnell and the Republicans had such a royal mess to clean up that we all knew it would not be easy. In fact, if you recall, the last budget Tim Kaine tossed out to the [...]

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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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“ Look, up in the sky!” “It’s a Bird!” “It’s a Plane!” “It’s Virginia Senator Janet Howell the Punitive Proctologist!” The venomous vixen of  villainy. The viper of vindictiveness. The Rectal Avenger rides again! Virginia Senator Janet Howell, Madam of  misogyny has taken the Virginia Senate to new depths of digital rectal depravity! No longer [...]

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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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I got a phone call from Virginia US Senate Candidate Tim Donner a short while ago and he told me he was ending his campaign for the Republican Nomination for the US Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Senator Jim Webb. I consider myself fortunate to have met Mr. Donner during this campaign and [...]

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While covering the efforts of those involved in the successful fight to end the Democratic Majority in the Virginia Senate in 2011, I met, spoke with and worked with a number of amazing people who are dedicated to purging the left wing scourge that had infested Virginia’s Senate. While we all hoped that the results [...]

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For the last couple of years, Virginia’s Senate Democrats ignored the rules of the Senate to kill bills in a subcommittee. Despite rulings to the contrary, the Democrats refused to even bring bills up before the full committee and allowed a couple of radical left wing Senators to be the final authority on the fate [...]

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Yesterday, I posted my thoughts on the Virginia US Senate race in light of the Press Release from George Allen announcing endorsements from members of various TEA Party and Patriot groups. Some of the comments, emails and even phone calls have been both interesting and curious. And there has been a lot of talk around [...]

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Actually, it is a 20 – 20 tie, but our Republican Lt. Governor will cast the tie votes, which means that the Senate is in Republican hands and the Democrats stone wall has been torn down. Decent legislation can now be sent to the Governor for his signature. There was an error in the totals [...]

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I got a call yesterday from a reliable source that told me Virginia Senator Donald McEachin placed an angry phone call to a Richmond Republican Committee official complaining loudly about the write-in campaign that has been secretly launched to oust the liberal McEachin from his Senate seat. Here is the information you need about Floyd [...]

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The folks at the Republican Party of Virginia have been working really hard to find a single Virginia Democrat that will stand proudly with Obama and his mess. Seems there are none to be found. They have looked high and low, and alas, nada! Now, to be truthful about it, these Democrats ACT like Obama [...]

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Hanover County, Virginia is a reliable Republican stronghold. As a resident, it is fitting that the first endorsements of the 2011 General Election concentrate on the 5 members who represent parts of the county. We are blessed to have some of the top members of the Virginia General Assembly representing our fair county. Redistricting made [...]

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Did I go back in the WABAC machine?  Where’s Peabody and Mr. Sherman to help me? I was in college at Wright State and I debated the student government chairman on the ERA in 1978 or 1979!  I quoted good people like Prof. Freund and Eagle Forum to show the ERA would cause women to [...]

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My friend JR Hoeft over at Bearing Drift has put together a really good analysis of the Virginia Senate races and the road-map to a Republican takeover of the Senate. This is a first look and early take on the races, before candidates have an opportunity to shoot themselves in the foot and end a [...]

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