Tax Attorneys You Should Know

No, really! This is Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, from Minnesota’s 6th congressional district. She has been a federal tax attorney, so she understands very well what high taxes mean to families. Here, she is speaking to the Jennifer Byler Institute on Wednesday as it met in Washington, DC. Unfortunately, her speech was very short as she […]

Prudent and responsible action on transportation special session by House Republicans

With the governor calling for statewide tax increases to fund transportation, it makes sense that the House of Delegates would want to see how the governor’s bill actually turns out from the Democratically-controlled Senate before taking any action.
Unfortunately, the governor can’t find anyone in the Senate to patron his bill. The Senate Majority Leader, […]

Thelma Drake: GI Bill without a tax increase

Congresswoman Thelma Drake again showed how important conservative representation is in Washington. The easy path? Approve any GI bill that comes along. The right path? Oppose Democrat tax increases. Drake and the Republicans approved a new GI bill after the Democrat tax increase was stripped out.
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Drake event was smokin’ hot

Guest post and photos by Brenda Haegley
In spite of the hazy, smoky Pungo sky, folks came out to show support for Congresswoman Thelma Drake Saturday.
Virginia Beach Airport provided a relaxed environment fitting the tone of the event. Without long political speeches, the afternoon focused on enjoying music, friends, and family.

Thelma Drake, […]

More Cantor for VP Talk

More Rep. Eric Cantor for Vice-President talk, this time from the New York Post. It makes a lot of sense. Cantor is all over energy independence - he has this recent post on his blog, “The Drill Nothing Congress.” He’s just saying what many, many Americans are thinking, “Why on earth don’t we _do_ […]

Episode 24. Virginia Politics On-Demand. June 12, 2008.

In this week’s show, Shaun Kenney and Brian Kirwin join J.R. to talk the latest in politics in Virginia. This week’s show includes:

A recap of the congressional primaries — where we bash Democrats

Hillary announcing her campaign “suspension” — where we bash Democrats

Reagan’s famous words “Mr. Gorbechev, tear down this wall” — where we […]

 
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Message from Amit Singh

Amit Singh, former candidate for congress in the 8th Congressional District called Republican nominee Mark Ellmore last evening and left a message of congratulations. He also issued a statement today thanking supporters and, in many ways, left his plans for any future public office or service open-ended:

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Virginia congressional primary open-thread and live-blog

The biggies today are in the 8th, 10th and 11th where we’re watching the race between Republicans Amit Singh and Mark Ellmore, Democrats Judy Feder and Mike Turner, and Democrats Gerry Connolly and Leslie Byrne respectively. We’re hearing, so far, that turnout has been extremely light in the 8th and 11th. In the […]

Iraq Report

Republican Senate Candidate Jim Gilmore listening to Colonel (Ret.) James Hopper of the United States Army Reserve. Col. Hopper recently returned from Iraq, where he was part of the Provincial Reconstruction Team.
Gilmore served in the Army in Germany doing intelligence work, so he is well-positioned to ask the right questions of our current military people […]

Ellmore and Singh campaigns acknowledge errors and politics in flyer flap

“Flyer-gate” continues.
In the 8th District, the GOP race for the congressional nomination blew-up this weekend when Amit Singh accused Mark Ellmore of using false statements from the Washington Post and Blacknell.net in one of Ellmore’s mailers. The “mini-saga” has both campaigns making phone calls and answering emails within the 72-hour window before the election […]

Did the Ellmore campaign lie?

Updated: Jun. 7, 11:55 p.m. with a story by the Washington Post
In a recent mailer sent to residents of the Eighth Congressional District, candidate for the GOP congressional nomination, Mark Ellmore, states that his opponent, Amit Singh, in an interview on Blacknell.net would “not vote for John McCain.”
However, according to Blacknell, no such statement was […]

Bolling, Romney Fundraiser

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling share the stage with former presidential candidate and Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney (and AG Bob McDonnell) at a fundraiser in Glen Allen, Va. on Thursday night. They had also appeared together with Senate candidate Jim Gilmore and Congressional hopeful Keith Fimian earlier in the day.
More photos at Conservativa.

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Reagan - June 5, 2004

Four years ago today, America and the world lost one of its greatest and most beloved leaders.

Ronald Reagan.

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Singh gets the cash; Ellmore gets the endorsements

The trend in the Eighth District GOP nomination race continues where Amit Singh continues to collect small donations, now amassing over $62K in three months, with the average donation being $125; and, Mark Ellmore continues to collect endorsements, the most recent from Rep. Thelma Drake and Del. Chris Saxman.

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McCain “hearts” Bearing Drift

According to Virginia Virtucon, Bearing Drift (and Bearing Drift Ohio), Mason Conservative, Shaun Kenney (who also contributes to Bearing Drift), in addition to Virtucon, have made the list of top national conservative blogs by the McCain campaign.

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