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- Time to Apply Pressure on Senators Webb and Warner 9:09am Nov 20
- McWaters endorsed by Stolle; Wilson endorsed by city leaders 8:46am Nov 20
- 8th Senate District GOP primary may go nasty - and quick 4:00am Nov 20
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- 2009 RPV State Convention
Richmond Coliseum
Friday, May 29 at 2:00pm
Clark Clifford coined the phrase by calling Ronald Reagan an “amiable dunce.” Clifford, a former Secretary of Defense for LBJ during the Vietnam era, helped Jimmy Carter deal with Iran’s taking of 52 American hostages while America stood by helpless, and left this world under indictment for fraud...
If you were to listen to the Virginia Education Association on school choice, you would think that it’s the worst thing in the world. “I really believe there is an underlying bigotry at the bottom of it all,” said VEA President Kitty Boitnott earlier this year. If t...
Coming soon to the 37th State Senate district…Dave Marsden. It appears Marsden has established a web appearance showing that he is running for the Democratic nomination, yet he hasn’t even established residence in the district. Is this the best candidate that the Democrats could recruit? H...
Today I have been greatly honored with the nomination of the Republicans of Virginia’s 79th district, and I hereby accept, with all the humility I can manage, your trust in me to run for and, voters willing, represent the 79th district in the United States House of Representatives! ...
Listening to my friend JP Godsey’s radio show on 670 AM and my jaw hit the floor. Jeff McWaters just mentioned that he was regional coordinator for Bob McDonnell, but he was the statewide head Finance person for Jerry Kilgore, and McWaters said ‘We raised 23 million dollars (for Kilgore). I...
Effective November 15th, Del. Phil Hamilton has resigned from the House of Delegates. Hamilton lost his effort for re-election a few weeks ago to Robin Abbott, but continued to be investigated by a House committee and a federal grand jury...
Vivian Paige caught Norfolk’s City Council trying to double the signatures required for citizens to put a referendum on the ballot. Currently, you need at least 4,000. The public hearing to change that minimum to 8,000 is Tuesday. Nice, huh? ...
In this episode of Virginia Politics On-Demand, we recap this week’s news, including Hamilton’s resignation and Mathieson’s potential congressional run. We also hear from a triumphant, yet realistic, Governor-elect Bob McDonnell, as he returns home to a victory celebration in Virginia Beach. Fina...
The dates to select the GOP nominees in the 8th and 37th Senate Districts have been set. In the 37th, Marianne Honrniko, Will Nance and Steve Hunt have until Dec. 1 to convince Republicans that they’re the best candidate to succeed Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli. ...
Independent Journal Wednesday, November 14, 1787 [Alexander Hamilton] To the People of the State of New York: THE three last numbers of this paper have been dedicated to an enumeration of the dangers to which we should be exposed, in a state of disunion, from the arms and arts of foreign nations...
That was the organization name given to the City of Virginia Beach in a Freedom of Information Act request this week, according to multiple trusted sources. That begs the question...
Virginia U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8), who as recently as two weeks ago said that we needed to elect State Sen. Creigh Deeds to governor to protect us from the GOP’s “Taliban ticket”, has a challenger: Matthew Berry. Mora...
The most transparent administration in the history of the United States has received a fourth in a series of unanswered letters from Rep. Frank Wolf - this one about the dangers of sending Guantanamo detainees to Yemen...
Independent Journal Saturday, November 10, 1787 [John Jay ] To the People of the State of New York: QUEEN ANNE, in her letter of the 1st July, 1706, to the Scotch Parliament, makes some observations on the importance of the Union then forming between England and Scotland, which merit our attention...
If you haven’t noticed during the busy campaign, gas prices are going up again: In the meantime, the public comment period on lease-sales ended, and apparently it is overwhelmingly in favor (2-1) of opening our shores up for exploration and drilling, but Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar has y...
