At What Point Does It Become A Conspiracy To Violate Campaign Finance Laws?

Virginia has a somewhat unique campaign finance law structure — unique because it works 99.99% of the time. Individuals, PACs and even corporations may donate unlimited…

Quiz time again!

This one is a little tougher.  These are actual lines from mail pieces sent by the candidates.   Can you match the correct line with the…

Prince William County Tea Party Member Endorsement of Scott Lingamfelter

From the “those who know them best” department… May 13, 2013 Dear Friends: This election is very important — too important for me to sit on…

London Meteorological Office caught upping the temperature data – again

“The Met” – as it is known – didn’t bother to warn anyone that is had “updated” their temperature data for their HADCRUT4 and CRUTEM4 data…

Interview With LTG Candidate Hopeful — Scott Lingamfelter

The Honorable Scott Lingamfelter currently represents the 31st HOD. Delegate Lingamfelter is campaigning to run as the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in this state’s…

How well do you know the candidates for Lt. Governor

The Endorsement of Rob Bell for Attorney General

As you may have predicted, it is my pleasure to endorse Delegate Rob Bell for Attorney General. 1. We all live in a safer Commonwealth of…

Breitbart News Jumping On Corey Stewart Over Taxes, Campaign Tactics

First, Breitbart News jumped on the story, broken exclusively here on Virginia Virtucon, that the campaign of Pr. Wm. Co. Board Chairman Corey Stewart was behind…

John Cosgrove wins Primary in Senate District 14

In a firehouse primary today Delegate John Cosgrove easily defeated two challengers to win the primary for the republican nomination for the senate  seat being vacated…

Tito The Builder Calls Stewart “Unfit” To Be LG

Tito “The Builder” Munoz, a prominent businessman and conservative in Prince William County, has a guest editorial over on Bearing Drift today taking issue with his…

Martha Boneta and Scott Lingamfelter: Standing Against the Tide of Liberalism

“I marveled at how this great Virginian, this great man stood up for me and all small family farmers — going toe to toe with powerful…

The Siege of Watertown — A Sign Of Things To Come?

Black uniforms.  Automatic weapons.  Armored vehicles. Attack dogs.  Forced entry into scores of homes.  A town under martial law, complete with the  black helicopters. Except this…

Christopher Stearns for State Senate

Tomorrow the Republicans in the 14th Senate District will participate in a firehouse primary to nominate their choice to replace Longtime Senator Harry Blevins. The choices…

Terry McAuliffe’s Greatest Hits (In His Own Words)

Terry McAuliffe must have pissed off someone at BuzzFeed, because they are just merciless on him lately. Here’s the latest: (click the link to read the…

Cuccinelli’s Tax Plan A Good Start

Yesterday, VA AG / gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli put forward his tax plan to spur economic growth. The Cuccinelli Economic Growth & Virginia Jobs Plan Virginia…

Sen. Steve Martin Defends Himself, Blasts Corey Stewart’s Record on Taxes

GOP LG hopeful (and no one can say that he is not hopeful) state Sen. Steve “Not the Wild and Crazy Guy One” Martin took to…

Sanford wins special election to Congress

I am surprised at how the blogosphere seems to have missed the pertinent lesson of Mark Sanford’s return to Congress last night. Yes, it’s a highly…

Terry McAuliffe Keeps Setting Himself Up For Stuff Like This

  Businessman?  Oh, you mean the GreenTech scam!  Entrepreneur?  Oh, you mean self-proclaimed “hustler.”  Dad?  Oh, you mean the guy who left his crying newborn son…

Mark Sanford wins back his Congressional seat in South Carolina 1st District

(Photo of Mark Sanford and mistress/fiance Maria Belen Chapur.) Tonight Mark Sanford won back his old Congressional seat in South Carolina’s 1st district.  He easily defeated Elizabeth…

Microsoft Windows 8 Declared “New Coke”

Financial Times has an article on how Microsoft’s much vaunted Windows 8 and its “tiles” that they have put on everything from PCs to their –…

Bell, Martin Take Chesterfield Lincoln Reagan Straw Poll

On Friday, Delegate Rob Bell added the Chesterfield County Republican Committee’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner Straw Poll to his list of straw poll victories, edging out Senator…

RPV Convention 1978, A Must See

Bearing Drift.com has posted a very interesting video of the RPV Convention in 1978.  It’s definitely worth watching.  At this convention Mark Obenshain’s father, Dick Obenshain, was…