Posts by Steve Albertson

WaPo Numbers Reveal Huge Problem for T-Mac

The Washington Post released results of their latest poll of the Virginia gubernatorial race, revealing a commanding 10 point lead for Ken Cuccinelli over the presumptive…

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Lingamfelter Wrong on the Liberty Caucus

Del. Scott Lingamfelter is a decorated combat veteran, a retired U.S. Army colonel, and candidate for lieutenant governor.  He’s an energetic, positive force  in Richmond, with…

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Bishop E.W. Jackson Set to Announce Bid for Lieutenant Governor

The already crowded field for 2013 Lieutenant Governor candidates just got a little more crowded. I am told by a close friend who is a huge…

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Striking a Blow for Elections Integrity

Today Gov. McDonnell signed Virginia’s new Voter ID law requiring voters to produce one of several forms of acceptable identification to vote.  This law will be…

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GOP Embracing Judicial Activism? Not hardly.

In my Constitutional Law class at Georgetown several years ago, I was amazed at how easily my professor–an otherwise very bright and thoughtful man–bought into the…

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Constitutionally Illiterate Democrats

From the Volokh Conspiracy, a compilation of responses from Democrat members of Congress to questions about the constitutional basis for Obamacare: Most of us know that…

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Cuccinelli Appeals to 4th Circuit to Lift Ballot Printing Injunction

In an emergency motion before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli today sought to overturn yesterday’s order from the U.S. District Court…

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George Allen: The Energy Candidate

Political leaders are called upon to address a variety of pressing issues facing our country. Among these, few are as central as energy policy in determining…

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McDonnell By the Numbers

From Governor McDonnell’s office: The McDonnell Administration: “By the Numbers” #1- Top Pro-Business State in the Nation #5- Virginia’s National Ranking in Wine Production 19- Shuttered…

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A Broken Clock Strikes

For as spectacularly dumb as Sen. Jim Webb can be, he hits some remarkably sane notes (interspersed with plenty of liberal hogwash) in an Op-Ed piece…

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ACORN Proves Its Value to Democrats

For those who have any lingering doubts about whether ACORN and other organizations like it can actually tip a close election toward the Democrat, a new…

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PC Run Amok on Cinco de Mayo

Some American high school students in California were punished yesterday for wearing “insensitive” images and symbols on their clothing. Yesterday being a Mexican-American cultural holiday (Cinco…

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Bob McDonnell Live at RPV Advance

Bob McDonnell is speaking lat the 2009 RPV Advance. Live streaming available here. After Bob, RPV Chairman Pat Mullins will be handing out the annual RPV…

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RPV Advance 2009

Although the Annual Don Huffman Republican Party of Virginia Advance starts today, the real action doesn’t begin until tomorrow. If you can make it to Williamsburg,…

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Virginia 2009 = GOP 2010?

The guys from Project Virginia, the organization that did so much to help various House of Delegates candidates take advantage of social media in the 2009…

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RNC: Call Sens. Lincoln and Nelson TODAY!!

Chairman Michael Steele and his team at the RNC have identified Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) the weakest links in Harry Reid’s ability to…

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Is 2010 the new 1994?

By now the parallels are familiar to most of you. In both 1993 and 2009, Republicans were seeking to regain their footing and their identity, after…

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Circular Reasoning at WaPo

Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney writes today, in an online chat about last night’s debate defeat for Creigh “What’s in Your Wallet?” Deeds, that one of…

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Ortiz: Down the Hatch?

Virtucon has received a tip from a reliable source that a candidate for the Stafford Board of Supervisors may be in a little bit of legal…

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Mount Olympus Rejects Latest Applicant

A couple of items in the news today point to a recurring theme in the Obama presidency: Obama’s personal belief in the power of his own…

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