It has been hard over the last several weeks to hold my tongue about the constant barrage of attacks this blog and one of its founders, Jeanine Martin, has endured.
Dave Brat
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They’re baaaaack. But really, have they ever gone away? We are again wading into the dangerous waters of the RPV method of nomination for both president in 2016 and governor in 2017. [read_more]The usual hyperbole and angst has emerged like it always does, a classic…
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Calling it the Virginia Conservative Network, Cantor and Comstock were joined as speakers at the group’s inaugural meeting on Saturday by George and Susan Allen, and Virginia House Majority Leader Del. Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights).
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“Most often in Washington, “compromise” is a euphemism used by weak leaders to describe their own failure.” Most of us have worked for feckless bosses at some time or another. These are people who might be fine men or women, but simply don’t have what…
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2014 has been a very productive time for us here at The Bull Elephant. This was just our first full year, after opening shop late in the 2013 campaign season, but what a remarkable year it has been! Slating. Cantor. Medicaid Expansion. The meteoric campaign…
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The House of Representatives passed a spending bill tonight that keeps the government lights on, but that also codifies President Obama’s ability to grant executive amnesty. How did your Republican Congressman vote? [read_more] As we reported yesterday, Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA7) helped lead an effort…
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In public, Republican leaders vigorously oppose the executive branch’s highest priority, while in private they leave undisturbed language in a budget bill that lets the executive do what they say they oppose. Conservatives then rally around an effort to close the loophole. Leadership claims the…