Gov. Bob McDonnell has appointed Del. Matt Lohr, a Republican from Harrisonburg, to serve as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
“Virginia’s farms don’t just grow food; they also provide critically important jobs and revenue for our Commonwealth,“ McDonnell said in announcing the appointment. “I want [...]
McDonnell claims an 80% success rate in assembly
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Gov. Bob McDonnell is claiming an 80 percent success rate in his first legislative session. With the budget crisis resolved, he now will turn to other substantial challenges facing his administration.
[...]Rep. Gerry Connolly appeared on CNN today, and he stated that he is still “undecided” on the health care bill. Since he is still undecided, it is probably a good time to remind him of how voters really feel about Congress’s health care reform legislation. Perhaps, Connolly should remember the [...]
Politico’s Andy Barr has written a article commenting on the supposed rift between Gov. McDonnell and the Attorney General. While I read Politico regularly and find it a great source of political news, this story is wrought with misconceptions and oversimplifications.
First, the article claims in [...]
Yesterday, someone left a link in comments to a petition to remove Sterling Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio from office.
There is a section in the Virginia code, § 24.2-233. Removal of elected and certain appointed officers by courts, that provides a mechanism for such removal from office; this petition [...]
Generic Congressional Ballot
Republicans Lead Democrats by 10 in Generic Ballot, Highest Lead Yet
Rasmussen Reports
Republican candidates have now stretched their lead over Democrats to 10 points in the Generic Congressional Ballot, their biggest lead ever in nearly three years of weekly tracking. The GOP [...]
Comic genius, Jerry Lewis…
More bad poll numbers for the President’s health care reform plan:
As Congress prepares for a crucial and possibly decisive vote on the fate of President Barack Obama’s health care plan, the American public is evenly divided about whether the legislation should be passed or rejected, according to the latest [...]
For those of you with a burning interest in reading the federal health-care reform legislation, The Republican Party of Virginia will read it to you.
Chairman Pat Mullins has devised a plan starting tomorrow at 8 a.m. to have Virginians read all 2,400 pages of the bill, in what will [...]
Over the land of the (still for the moment) free, but not over the land that we save.
The Obama administration has decreed that flying the United States flag near the near the Port-au-Prince airport, could “give Haiti the wrong idea.”
Flap flies in Haiti over U.S. flag [...]
The only people I see that would run for this seat is Charlie Chenault, Ted Byrd, and Kerri Wilson. The democrats would be setting themselves up for another slaughter, so I don’t think I’d bother if I was them.
[...]Del. Matt Lohr announced today that he will vacate his seat as the delegate representing the 26th House district to become Gov. Bob McDonnell’s new commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS).
Lohr, 38, was elected to his third term last November. McDonnell will set a [...]
A rally was held in Washington D.C. to protest ObamaCare and thousands of concerned citizens turned up to hear the speakers and urge Congress to listen to the people all across America.
Here is the report from CBN:
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Governor McDonnell has appointed Harrisonburg Delegate Matt Lohr to serve as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Lohr takes over the post on May 1. A special election will be held for his seat.
From the Office of the Governor:
Governor McDonnell Appoints Delegate [...]
I'm lined up to READ THE BILL out loud on Wednesday morning from 10-10:30 a.m. Please join me and help as Virginians READ THE BILL beginning at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday and continuing in 30-minute shifts through Thursday night or until it's finished.
RPV Chairman Pat Mullins issued the following statement about this week’s expected vote on the Obama/Pelosi Healthcare Legislation:Last night Arizona Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth appeared on Rachel Maddow’s show to discuss his comment on Sunday that authorizing gay marriage could lead to “men marrying horses”:
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The answer, of course, can be found in [...]
This address is now being used as the Blue Virginia archive. To read the active Blue Virginia site, please click here. Thanks. [...] Good luck getting on the governor’s schedule tomorrow. He’s booked.
Gov. Bob McDonnell is starting his day touting a rest stop in Dinwiddie and ending with a St. Patrick’s Day bash at the White House.
In between the ribbon cutting ceremony at the rest stop—one of eight opening on Wednesday—McDonnell [...]
Locals made a strong showing at Gov. Bob McDonnell’s inaugural events, with Henrico County ranking third in attendees behind McDonnell’s two stomping grounds—Fairfax County and Virginia Beach.
Henricoans ranked second behind Fairfax residents for Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s inaugural events, according to analysis by the Virginia Public Access Project, [...]
The national debt on January 20, 2009:
The national debt 420 days later, March 15, 2010:
That’s an increase of $ 2,009,785,907,226.99 (18.9%) in 420 days, or $ 4,785,204,541.02 per day, $ 199,383,522.54 per [...]
Now, a new breed of simulation software—dubbed SportEvac—is being developed and tested by the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety & Security (NCS4) at the University of Southern Mississippi, part of the Southeast Region Research Initiative (SERRI), funded in part by the DHS Science and Technology [...] 
Read the bill! Virginians are volunteering to read the health care bill out loud streaming live across the country ... that's what the Republican Party of Virginia will coordinate over the next two days.
President Obama's word of the day Monday was "Courage."
The legitimate meaning of [the Constitution] must be derived from the text itself.
— James Madison, born 259 years ago today
From earlier today, outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters… [...] 
Jumping at shadows?
It seems that somewhere, somebody had the audacity to charge Reuters with photoshopping the above photograph. Reuters has officially responded with the all-clear, and doesn't seem to grasp exactly what the complaint is about:
The picture was not altered. Here is a blown up section of' [...]
Congressman John Duncan, a Republican from Tennessee, took to the House floor last week to say that there is nothing conservative about the nine year old War in Afghanistan:
Bravo
H/T: United Liberty
Nancy Pelosi is so bound and determined to pass a Health Care Reform bill that she will do literally anything to cram it down America’s throat.
And just when you think you have heard it all, she has now decided to simply claim the bill passed [...]
If you think you’ve heard them all, try again. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) claims that the Democrats are “playing it straight” regarding their possible attempt to sleaze ObamaCare into law without making House Dems actually vote on the matter.
I’m [...]
Michael Smerconish takes on today’s oversensitive culture . . . censorship and multiculturalism. . .
New Smerconish: Censor Fred Phelps!
[...]If you think you’ve heard them all, try again. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) claims that the Democrats are “playing it straight” regarding their possible attempt to sleaze ObamaCare into law without making House Dems actually vote on the matter.
I’m [...]
Before Congress rushes forward to pass ObamaCare, they ought to listen to what happened in Massachusetts:
BOSTON – The Massachusetts treasurer said Tuesday that Congress will “threaten to wipe out the American economy within four years” if it adopts a health-care overhaul modeled after the Bay State’s.
Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill [...]
A trip (yuk yuk) back into the 60's, courtesy our non-aligned Axis of Evil partners:
Evil Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas dictator, meets Evil Raul Castro, Cuba dictator. It's a Technicolor® sensation!
Feel free to toss in your own ideas yonder.
-->For months, local teachers and school officials have been bracing for impact as the state budget was being pruned in Richmond. There will still be state cuts to local public school budgets — about $1.5 million in Harrisonburg — but they may not be as severe as once expected. [...]
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