John Watkins

Too much power in the hands of one man is not a good idea. Sen. Norment should step down from his leadership role.

The Democrats’ unconstitutional maneuver on Congressional redistricting is a roll of the dice to get from the courts what they’d never get from the General Assembly.

Steve Thomas has been running for state senate in the 10th district but new job responsibilities are forcing him to withdraw from the race. The seat is being vacated by one of the three ‘moderate’ republicans in the Virginia senate, John Watkins who announced his…

The “moderate” lawmaker, who is frequently part of the “Gang of Three” GOP senators who flip to the Democrats on key issues like Medicaid expansion, will not be missed by conservatives.[read_more] Our “mother blog” Virginia Virtucon broke the story this morning. (If you haven’t seen…

In what was supposed to be just a session to debate Medicaid expansion and judges, the General Assembly is preparing to reconvene tomorrow where they will be asked to consider a new appropriations bill, just over two months into the fiscal year. They should reject…

The sudden retirement of Sen. Phil Puckett (D-Tazewell) has apparently provided the impetus for pro-Obamacare Senate Republicans to agree to pass the House’s budget without the so-called “Marketplace Virginia” elements that would have expanded Medicaid. Things sure have moved fast since news broke of Puckett’s…

In a move designed to show unified opposition to the Senate Medicaid expansion plan, House Republicans will force an up-or-down vote on the Senate language on Thursday, General Assembly sources tell The Bull Elephant. The House GOP leadership has not been cowed by threats from…