From the Scott Rigell campaign, confirming what we first reported yesterday here…
Chuck Smith Announces Withdrawal From His
Campaign For the 2nd District Congressional Seat
Endorses Scott Rigell for Congress
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA: Chuck Smith, candidate for the Republican Party nomination for the 2nd District
Congressional seat, [...]
This may be the first candidate to announce a Congressional run on Yahoo!Answers.
Info is here.
After 3 years of a spendthrift Democrat-controlled Congress, isn’t it time for real change in 2010?
Under the Pelosi Congress, Federal spending has gotten out of control with a national debt now [...]
After this weekend’s decision by Fifth District Republicans to hold a primary, vice convention, social networking sites have been buzzing about what to do about it. But perhaps none have been as direct as “Campbell County Republicans”.
On Facebook, the unofficial Campbell County Republicans page had this [...]
Democratic Congressman Glenn Nye looks well on his way to capturing the Party’s nomination.
The Republican Party, that is.
Check this out from the Washington Post. Vote after vote after vote where Nye has ditched Democrats and voted with the Republican leadership.
John Amiral, former Republican candidate for the 87th House District in Norfolk has disappeared, reported WVEC today. Amiral has publicly disclosed his interest in pursuing another run in the 87th in 2011 against Miller once again; safe to say given the quality of his candidacy [...]
Now that fear of conventions has taken over the Virginia Republican Party establishment, (despite the fact that conventions have given us Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling, Ken Cuccinelli and both GOP Congressmen from Hampton Roads Randy Forbes and Rob Wittman), the 5th has decided on a primary, [...]
In both the political and blogger insder end-of-year polls by the National Journal, Republican Whip Eric Cantor and Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell are both shown to have a bright future for the GOP.
According to the Political Insider’s poll, Cantor is seen as the congressman most-admired and [...]
Obama the Camel decries GOP "fear-mongering":
President Barack Obama told House Republican leaders to "stop trying to frighten the American people" even as he and Democrats said they see a possibility for bipartisan cooperation on job creation legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters that Obama made the admonition [...]
Feda Morton, Ken Boyd, Laurence Verga, Michael McPadden, Ron Ferrin, and Jim McKelvey issued this press release today:
Six out of seven of the Republican candidates for the nomination for the U. S. House of Representatives from Virginia’s 5th Congressional District have notified unit chairs throughout the [...]
Guest post by Laurence Verga
After the absolute debacle that was NY-23, you would think the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) would learn from its mistakes and stop supporting liberal candidates, especially in primaries.
Unfortunately they have not.
I know this because the NRCC has endorsed my most [...]
The health care debate may be leading to greater mental health care for Senate Democrats who are falling apart over their health care takeover.
Democrat leader Sen. Harry Reid accused Republicans of acting like the Democrats did over slavery and civil rights.
“When this country belatedly recognized [...]
You can't get more insane than this:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, comparing Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers who clung to the institution of slavery more than a century ago.
The Nevada Democrat, in a sweeping set of accusations' [...]
In the special election to fill the seat of Republican State Senator Ken Stolle, Virginia Beach Republicans overwhelming voted in favor of successful businessman, Jeff McWaters. By a vote of 4,776 to 2,815, Jeff McWaters defeated City Councilwoman, Rosemary Wilson.
"I" [...]
A healthy margin of victory sends Republican Jeff McWaters as the nominee to replace Ken Stolle in the Virginia Senate. An expensive and nasty race full of negative mailpieces and radio ads, plus some despicable blogging by some jerk whose name I can’t remember, ended with [...]
I’ve been spending a lot of time in my hometown of Philadelphia this year. The city has long since been lost to Democrats, and most of the elected Republicans there have been in office so long, it’s name and not philosophy that keep them there.
But it [...]
By Brenda Haegley
The final few weeks of Virginia’s 8th senatorial district race for the Republican nominee have been like watching a continual hit and run. The Wilson campaign has mastered this tactic. While a real hit-and-run situation is disturbing and reflects a lack of responsibility or [...]
By a vote to 11-0, the congressional district chairs of the Republican Party of Virginia have Second Congressional District Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia decided that the nominee in the second congressional of the district shall be decided by canvass on May 8, 2010. [...]
Tonight, voters in the 37th State Senate District will have the opportunity to select the Republican nominee in the special election to fill State Senator Ken Cuccinelli’s seat. There will be a firehouse primary at Centreville High School from 6-10 p.m. There are three candidates [...]
According to Politico, the Republican National Committee's current health plan covers abortions and end-of-life counseling (that's "death panels" to you Palin fans.) Rank hypocrisy is common among politicians of all persuasions, but even you rightie-whities will have to admit this one's particularly rank.
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