Convention

Virginia Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment issued a scathing statement today that lambasted efforts by RPV Chairman Jack Wilson to delegitmize tomorrow’s convention in the 97th House of Delegates district.

There is one thing you lose that can never be regained when selecting a Primary over a party process: FLEXIBILITY.

The candidate calls on RPV to stick with the compromise convention, and revels in their decision not to.

Followers of our favorite social media network and the blogs have a decent understanding of the primary-convention vote that happened on Saturday, but many of the other items need some further explanation.

Bryce Reeves is first out of the gate with an email to supporters calling on the Republican Party of Virginia’s State Central Committee to adhere to the 2015 compromise.

“Party Unity” is a tenuous and fragile thing. It requires men and women of character on both sides of the divide to carefully consider compromise, open to trusting that the other side will behave with the same level of decorum and integrity.

Contrasting approaches just prior to the final vote at the 5th District GOP Convention on May 14 to nominate a candidate to replace the retiring Rep. Robert Hurt.