Country makes modest unemployment gains; Virginia to lose jobs
The nation’s unemployment rate did not change in the month of March, but Virginia stands to lose 2,500 jobs due to the nationalization of student loans. Rep. Eric Cantor and Gov. Bob McDonnell comment.
Webb: “We have to clean [healthcare reform] up”
U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-Virginia) is still expressing reservations about health care reform, despite being the 60th and deciding vote on Christmas Eve, 2009.
NRSC Video: Rainbows and Unicorns
President Barack Obama has kept all his promises to American from this latest National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) ad on April Fools’ Day.
A reminder about Kaine and Warner on offshore drilling
Mark Warner, Tim Kaine and Democrats have long been against offshore energy production. Don’t let them fool you, if they say otherwise.
DemocraticThought police out over Sessoms’ statement
Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessom’s dropped the ancient cuss “cotton-pickin'” in a Virginian-Pilot article about the creation of an African American Roundtable. The thought police have spoken.
Wilson: Real Science Should Trump Politics
Bill Wilson of Americans for Limited Government has concerns about the Obama administration and its lack of a “sound” scientific policy.
Virginia AG’s petition at nearly 14,000 signatures
Ken Cuccinelli’s online petition is doing better than the Democrats, despite press releases claiming how well the Dems are doing.
“Dupligate” in Virginia 2nd traced to leak from Kansas congressional campaign
Scott Rigell has accused Scott Taylor and Ben Loyola of copying his proposed Congressional reforms. Bearing Drift has learned that a Kansas campaign working with Rigell did email Taylor the plan on March 20, two days before Taylor and Loyola released their “Contract on Congress”.
We’re nowhere near a violent revolution
Conservatives should focus on using the political process and current freedoms granted by the Constitution to advocate changing policy with respect to healthcare and other political matters. Violence is not the answer.
Not Larry Sabato levels accusations at Bearing Drift
Ben Tribbett relies on email to read posts on Bearing Drift.