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• 6 of 7 Republican hopefuls in the 5th District want a convention over a primary

  —On The Right

  Six of Seven GOP 5th District Candidates Endorse Convention Charlottesville, VA December 9, 2009 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 district that they prefer having that nomination made at a [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 9:56pm EST
  by Garrett Watson

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• A GOP group backs Kaine health benefits plan

  —Pilot on Politics

  While a proposal by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to let insured state workers add dependant adults in their households onto their health benefits plans has its share of conservative critics, the idea has backing from at least one Republican organization.  [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:40pm EST
  

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• Chesterfield volunteers at GOP Advance

  —SWAC Girl

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  My parents at the 2009 Republican Advance in Williamsburg. They still man the polls, distribute candidate yard signs, and whatever is needed to help win.
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  5 December 2009 [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:30am EST
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• Taking up sides on the car tax

  —Tertium Quids

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  Bob Holsworth doesn't see the "upside" of Tim Kaine restoring the car tax, and certainly, the GOP is dead-set against the idea. But my sources speculate that the Governor fully intends to restore the car tax under the rationale that it's fiscally prudent for the state to do so as' [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:15am EST
  by Norman Leahy

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• One of Many

  —On the Western Banks of the Shenandoah

  Far away from our own commonwealth, word that an incumbent congresswoman in Kansas will be seeing a primary challenge from the right. From CQ Politics: A Kansas state senator announced Tuesday that he is considering challenging Republican freshman Rep. Lynn Jenkins in the GOP primary in August 2010. “When Lynn was elected, [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:04am EST
  by Craig Orndorff

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• Whipple Clip Dozen: Wednesday Morning

  —Blue Virginia

  Thanks to Tom Whipple for the Wednesday "Clips."
  
  1. MCDONNELL SAYS HE’LL TACKLE TRANSPORTATION IN FIRST YEAR
  2. GOP: BID TO END CAR-TAX BREAK WOULD BE DEAD ON ARRIVAL
  3. MCDONNELL VOWS NOT TO RAISE TAXES
  6. REST STOPS TO REOPEN, MCDONNELL PLEDGES
  7. [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 6:46am EST
  

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• Virtucon Continues To Grow!

  —Virginia Virtucon

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  We’ve just experience a growth spurt here at Virtucon.  You may have noticed a new contributor calling himself/herself “StaffordGOPer,” who obviously will be focused on Stafford County politics from a Republican perspective, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. Please join us in also welcoming “Lovettsville Lady” who you [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 7:57pm EST
  by Riley

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• Harry Reid Is a Moron

  —From On High

  Often speculated.  Now proven to be a fact.  The man is an idiot:
  Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery
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  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, comparing Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:36am EST
  

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• Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Read Here: FOXNews.com - Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery: "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" [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:35pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

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• Congrats to the Fairfax County GOP!

  —Red NoVA

  Kudos to Anthony Bedell for making FCRC the best Unit in Virginia! The award was given at the annual Advance. [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 2:16pm EST
  by Not Jim Moran

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• Whipple Clip Dozen: Sunday Morning

  —Blue Virginia

  Thanks to Del. Bob Brink (D-48) for the Sunday "Whipple Clips."
  
  1. VIRGINIA PARTIES LOOK TO NEXT FALL
  2. VICTORY BASH: GOP RALLIES IN WILLIAMSBURG
  3. GOP ADVANCE, DAY 2
  5. DEEDS THANKS DEMS, EXHORTS PARTY TO KEEP FIGHTING
  8. VA DEMS WEIGH ENDORSING [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 7:59am EST
  

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• Virginia GOP, Dems meet this weekend

  —Pilot on Politics

  Still basking in the party's election dominance last month, state Republicans are gathering this weekend in Williamsburg for an annual conference. [...]

  Posted: December 05, 2009, 9:25am EST
  

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• Whipple Clips Dozen: Saturday Morning

  —Blue Virginia

  Thanks to Tom Whipple for the Saturday "clips."
  
  1. THE GOP'S OGP — 'ON-GOING PARTY' — COMES TO WILLIAMSBURG
  2. KAINE PROPOSES EXPANDING HEALTH BENEFITS TO PARTNERS
  3. REPUBLICANS START THE PARTY
  5. NONPROFIT SUES STATE TO AVOID REVEALING SOURCE
  6. KAINE: TEA PARTY' [...]

  Posted: December 05, 2009, 7:10am EST
  

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• FDL Action Health Care Highlights: Friday (12/4/09)

  —Blue Virginia

  Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, December 4.
  
  1. Jane Hamsher points to a new Mason-Dixon poll indicating that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid trails two potential GOP opponents. This doesn't make Hamsher particularly sad, to put it mildly, given' [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 11:00pm EST
  

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• FDL Action Health Care Update: Friday (12/4/09)

  —Blue Commonwealth

  Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, December 4.

  1. Jane Hamsher points to a new Mason-Dixon poll indicating that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid trails two potential GOP opponents.  This doesn't make Hamsher particularly sad, to put it mildly, given that she' [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:48pm EST
  

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• Tim Kaine on "The Tea Party Devouring the GOP"

  —Blue Virginia

  
  "On the federal side...since President Obama was inaugurated, there have been 5 special elections in Congress, and the Democrats have won all 5."
  
  "I think that that issue about the federal races, there is one factor that I think is really important going into 2010, and that" [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 5:15pm EST
  

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• Kaine amongst the tea bags

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  Gov. Kaine believes the "tea bag party" will cause enormous problems for the GOP in the 2010 elections.He stopped short of saying "teabaggers" -- though he really, really wanted to. Maybe the eyebrow held him back.Even so, it's amusing to hear the Governor talk about the growing Democratic party when [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 1:34pm EST
  by Norman Leahy

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• Does Cantor Read?

  —Where's Eric Cantor?

  David Corn slyly poses the question on the lips of thinking people everywhere.  Are the Republicans lying or do they actually not read? Do Republicans read? I ask that seriously. The past few days, with the president focused on his White House jobs summit, GOPers have targeted their anti-Obama crusade on the [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:31pm EST
  by Brad

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• How Dumb Is Tim Kaine?

  —Mason Conservative

  Pretty dumb:

  “The tea party movement is devouring the GOP,” he said. “It is something that we expect to see going forward.”

  I know the Dem talking points against the Tea Party is constantly referencing NY-23, but he doesn't seem to bother mentioning what happened in Virginia, his own state.  Shockingly, [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 11:02am EST
  by Chris

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• Virginia 2009 = GOP 2010?

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  The guys from Project Virginia, the organization that did so much to help various House of Delegates candidates take advantage of social media in the 2009 elections, have penned an interesting column for the American Spectator arguing that the trail blazed by Republicans this year in Virginia is the same [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 10:02pm EST
  by Steve Albertson

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• Verga demands “fair fight” if the Fifth

  —Bearing Drift

  

  Laurence Verga, candidate for the GOP nomination in the Fifth Congressional District, has penned editorials for Red State and Virginia Tomorrow recently lamenting that the NRCC appears to be going four-square behind State Sen. Robert Hurt for the nomination. Verga wastes no time in [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:51pm EST
  by jr@bearingdrift.com (J.R. Hoeft)

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• Second District GOP to have a canvass May 8

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  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. [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 8:15pm EST
  by jr@bearingdrift.com (J.R. Hoeft)

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• Desperate Hyperbole From Desperate Losers

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  He wishes this was happening. H/T FreeRepublic
  
  Kaine: Tea parties 'savaging the GOP'
  By: Andy Barr December 3, 2009
  03:58 PM EST
  Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said Thursday that the tea party movement is “savaging” the Republican Party and is already proving “corrosive” in key GOP primaries. [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 7:52pm EST
  

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• Is it to late or can the GOP make a comeback ?

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  The Republican Governors Association has sparked the light that will guide America's Comeback...
  
  

  
  

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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:32am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

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• More love for McWaters from the Virginian-Pilot and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling

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  Two more endorsements rolled in today for Jeff McWaters in the Virginia 8th District State Senate GOP nomination fight between him and Virginia Beach City Councilwoman Rosemary Wilson.

  The south Hampton Roads paper, the Virginian-Pilot, endorsed McWaters today.

  “McWaters can’t be expected to immediately fill the void [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:12pm EST
  by jr@bearingdrift.com (J.R. Hoeft)

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• When Will Virginia’s Closed Rest Areas Reopen?

  —VirginiaDem.org

  When Virginia closed 19 of its 42 rest areas … including the one pictured above … the GOP candidate for Governor … who is now the Gov.-elect … pledged to reopen the rest stops within 90 days of taking office … just a friendly reminder [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 4:45pm EST
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• Va 37 Spec Elec-Donuts, Coffee, and Ruminations

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  Some brief thoughts on last night’s GOP primary… FCRC…Next time there is a firehouse primary in a state senate district, please have two polling locations. The crowd was in good spirits throughout the time I was there. The weather was very pleasant for December, and there was no wind and there was [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 11:34am EST
  by bwana

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• Rush Limbaugh: Fix the GOP ... no third Party

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  Yes We Can Reestablish Conservatism
  
  Rush Limbaugh, who has had plenty of criticism of the Republican Party over the years, has not wavered on his opinion that there be no third Party. He reiterated on Tuesday's radio program that conservatives need to reestablish themselves in the Republican Party [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:58am EST
  by SWAC Girl

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• CONGRATS TO STEVE HUNT – GOP NOMINEE FOR THE 37TH SENATE DIST.

  —Virginia Virtucon

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  Steve Hunt WINS the GOP nod and will now face Dave Marsden!!! Final results: Steve Hunt – 51% Marianne Horinko – 25% Will Nance – 24% [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 11:25pm EST
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• Va 37 Spec Elec-GOP Primary, and Long Lines

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  I arrived at 9:25 PM at Centreville HS to vote.  I voted at 10:15 PM. Fifty minutes to vote. It is now 10:50 PM-and I bet the final voter is just aboutg through voting. Posted in Va Sen 37, Virginia Politics [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:56pm EST
  by bwana

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