It may be unique in the long history of Virginia politics: Seven candidates standing for a party nomination for a statewide office. But that’s the situation this year as seven Republicans seek to win the second spot on the GOP … Read more>

The normal political diatribe for years, from politicians and pundits alike, has been that the focus of nearly every candidate and elected official is and ought to be the economy. No need to be “distracted” by or waste time on … Read more>

Now that it’s official — that President Obama is running the American auto industry with his firing this morning of GM CEO Rick Wagoner (a Richmond native, by the way, who, coincidentally, graduated from the high school where Republicans Bob McDonnell … Read more>

(Admin’s note: This was posted under a different heading on March 12, but because of a technical glitch, we lost it. It is re-posted here in an edited form, but with basically the same content. Sorry for any confusion.)

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A fellow blogger gave me these lines to use in committee testimony in favor of the spending transparency bills (SB 936 and HB 2285). Thus far, the way they have travelled the legislative ladder, testimony hasn’t been needed. For … Read more>