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CPAC Straw Poll Results 2014
Rand Paul was the clear winner at this year’s CPAC straw poll with 31% of the vote. This was Paul’s second win having won last year. Ted Cruz was a distant second with 11% of the vote and Dr. Ben Carson was a surprise third place with 9% of the vote. Chris Christie after being excluded…
Key Test of Support for U.S. Senate Candidates: March 22 RPV Straw Poll
The Republican Party of Virginia is hosting a straw poll of candidates for the 2014 U.S. Senate nomination. The results will be telling. This will be the first visible organizational test for the campaigns of Ed Gillespie and Shak Hill, who will each work hard to get their supporters registered for the event on March…
Will Frank Wagner Disenfranchise Voters in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District?
Sen. Frank Wagner is running to be Chairman of the Second District Republican Committee, but will he attempt to win his seat by throwing out the votes of his opponents? Rumors of a potential “slating” scandal in 2nd District Chairman race have been swirling for some time. Now, Curtis Colgate, who is also running for…
House GOP Leadership Digging in on Medicaid Expansion
In a press release issued earlier today, the Virginia House GOP leadership makes a clear statement that they won’t be making a deal on Medicaid anytime soon. Matthew Moran, the talented press aide to House Speaker Bill Howell, just released a statement indicating that House Republicans are moving to extend the current session by 30…
10th District Congressional Debates
Republican 10th District Chairman John Whitbeck has announced two debates among the 6 candidates running for Congress in the district. The first debate will be on March 15th at Millbrook high school, 251 First Woods Dr, Winchester, VA 22603. The doors will open at 3:30 pm and the debate will begin at 4:00 pm ending at…
Ed Gillespie Reaches Out to Wealthy Supporters
Unfortunately those supporters don’t live in Virginia and they aren’t among the grassroots. They are wealthy New Yorkers. On March 25 Mitt Romney will host a reception for Gillespie at Essex hotel next to Central Park followed by a dinner at the home of Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman. To attend the reception each guest will…
Robocalls in the 10th District
The tenor of the race for the Republican nomination to succeed retiring Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10) takes a turn for the worse with robocalls bashing Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William). The campaign of Rob Wasinger has a lot to answer for. First it was the shady and underhanded smears of Barbara Comstock, initiated by Wasinger…
Procedures for Making Up Missed Snow Days in Prince William, Fairfax, Stafford, and Loudoun Counties
On Tuesday Loudoun County Public Schools will have their thirteenth snow day. Loudoun county is in the unique position of having 15 snow days allotted for each school year. According to Wayde Byard, Loudoun county schools information officer and a familiar voice to Loudoun county parents, “Loudoun county does not have make-up days”. With another…
Strategic Reality and Ukraine
In the unfolding crisis in Ukraine*, the flurry of propaganda on all sides leaves few facts of which one can be certain. Of the following, we can say for sure: The government of Ukraine headed by pro-Russian President Yanukovych has been overthrown. A new government headed by pro-EU Arsenyi Yatsenyuk now claims to be the…
Gillespie Reveals Broad Grassroots Support
U.S. Senate candidate and former RNC and RPV Chairman Ed Gillespie today announced a truly impressive list of endorsements from Virginia grassroots Republican leaders. In a message headlined “Unity,” the Ed Gillespie campaign just released an email touting endorsements of a majority of the members of the Republican Party of Virginia’s State Central Committee….
