Looking at the latest Rasmussen tracking poll is normally an exercise for those wanting to be depressed about keeping the US Senate seat of the departing John Warner. The latest match up has Mark Warner at 57% with Jim Gilmore at 37%. There is at this time no polling on how Bob Marshall […]

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The Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia recently lauded the Senators they view responsible for rejecting the pro-life bills that came before the Assembly this session.
Planned Parenthood of Virginia hailed the decision by the House and Senate budget conferees to remove an anti-family planning amendment offered by State Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-37) to the House Budget […]

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What is a conservative to do?
The General Assembly has ended its session and passed a budget.
First, the good news.
There was no tax increase.
The Senate tried to increase the tax on gasoline. Defeated.
The Senate tried to increase the sales tax. Defeated.
The Senate tried to increase the grantors’ tax. Defeated.
House Republicans stayed true […]

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Thanks to our friends at NovaTownhall.com for sending us over this great op-ed from Former GOP Chair Patrick McSweeney.
Rehashing the reasons why Jerry Kilgore lost the election won’t get a Republican elected in 2009. Virginia’s GOP needs to figure out what it stands for.
Make sure to check out the entire piece. Right on!

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In the past week, Harrisonburg/Rockingham County has played host to two of the candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the seat of retiring Senator John Warner. Last Friday, Former Governor Jim Gilmore was the guest of honor at the local GOP’s monthly First Friday event. Although he was received well by the packed […]

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One of the biggest disappointments this session and with this final budget is the continued funding of Planned Parenthood here in Virginia that both the Senate and the House had previously rejected in recent weeks.
According to the Family Foundation,
“Last month, the House of Delegates approved budget provisions prohibiting state funding of abortions and research […]

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It was great reading conservative Senator Mark Obenshain’s most recent legislative update this morning on the budget. While he had some good things to say about it, like a reduced withdrawal from the “rainy day fund” and it protects funding for rebenchmarking for K-12 education, these few accomplishes seem greatly overshadowed by its shortcomings.
Now […]

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On a day when Republicans across the country should be estatic about Eliot Spitzer’s penchant for high priced entertainment, joy didn’t last too long in VA, as U.S. Senate candidate Bob Marshall came out to condemn the endorsements of perhaps the most high profile conservative republican leaders we have here in VA, Lt. Governor Bob […]

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Great work by the Family Foundation Blog in securing an interview with Delegate Mark Cole. Delegate Cole is a favorite of VCAP’s as he’s a solid conservative leader. The Family Foundation does a great job in the interview covering everything from transportation and the budget, to liberal activism on college campuses.
Family Foundation…Keep up the good […]

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If any of you Tim Kaine lovers or haters out there are interested, the Governor will be hosting a series of Town Hall meetings this week to discuss the budget and legislation passed during the 2008 General Assembly Session and take questions from the public. So if there are any good conservatives out there who […]

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