Allen campaign reaches out to social conservatives
The George Allen for Senate Campaign is set to release their first mailer, highlighting his past as an advocate for life.
Kaine comes screaming out of the gates for Senate – 13 points behind Allen
Apparently Virginians remember Kaine’s opposition to energy independence, inability to balance the state budget without proposing raising taxes to their…
Dell laptops leave me longing
“Dude, you got screwed by Dell!”
$33B cut does not a budget deal make
Weak. If Speaker of the House John Boehner is using $33 billion as an acceptable number for spending cuts, he’s…
The end of the line for continuing resolutions?
54 Republicans jumped-off the “continuing resolution” train last night as another stopgap budget measure passed-through Congress 271-158. While the focus…
State revenues up 16.7% in February
It’s nice to see that balancing the budget, not spending more than you take in, creating conditions for business growth and opportunity, etc. are alive and well in Virginia under the watch of Gov. Bob McDonnell and Speaker of the House Bill Howell (R-Stafford).
So, now the government wants to delay on healthcare?
The same administration that had a Christmas Eve vote on cloture in the Senate in 2009 regarding healthcare and couldn’t wait to get the bill passed in 2010 – let alone give legislators time to read the bill (“We have to pass the bill to see what’s in it”) – wants to slow down the judicial process in having the bill’s constitutionality challenged.
VPOD 112: Obama wants to stop the bullying
This week the Obama Administration reminded us that we have get tough on bullying. So, I wonder if he meant to show the example of how to deal with bullies in Wisconsin, Libya, NPR, or with the skyrocketing national debt?
Allen names Thomas Campaign Manager
George Allen, re-candidate for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in 2012, has named his 1993 gubernatorial campaign manager, Mike Thomas, to reprise the role.
Helsel sworn in; assigned committees
Del. Gordon Helsel (R-Poquoson) was sworn in late this afternoon at the capitol following certification of the election and given his committee assignments.