An open primary with Democrats participating, or a Party-run process?
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“The base must be able to discipline the politicians they nominate and elect, and they can only do that if they can effectively control the nomination of candidates.”[read_more] On Saturday of this week, the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) State Central Committee (SCC) will decide…
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As pointed out by Ms. Martin, Chris Beer has posted an article on why a convention is necessary for the Republican presidential nomination in Virginia in 2016. I disagree on all his major points: [read_more] He prefers a primary: I prefer a convention. He thinks…
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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…
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Virginia Senate Privileges and Elections Committee Dashes Hopes of Anti-Convention Forces Just a short while before 5:00 PM today, the Senate P&E Committee voted unanimously, 15-0, to “Pass By Indefinitely” SB 504, the Senate version of the legislation designed to ban nomination methods other than…
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Former Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Ed Gillespie today said that he opposes current efforts in the General Assembly to take decisions on nomination methods away from the political parties. In connection with our previous posts on this subject (see Keep the Gov’t Out of…
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