Posted on December 28, 2008, 1:02 pm by Angela Riddle
This past presidential election seems to have left many trying to appease their conscious. The largest group seems to be prolifers who voted for Obama. These people tended to declare themselves prolife and yet in the same sentence managed to say that politics, especially this election would not really affect that issue. Their reasoning was, we had a Republican president for eight years and still have abortion.
Filed under: Election '08, Miscellaneous, National politics, Virginia Politics | Tagged: 2008, Abortion, Barack Obama, Bush, John McCain | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 22, 2008, 4:00 pm by hamptonroadsgop
Cheney responded to Biden’s comments on his tenure as VP on FoxNews Sunday.
Vice President Cheney mocked Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s grasp of the Constitution, defended former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and said President Bush “doesn’t have to check with anybody” before launching a nuclear attack.
In a blunt, unapologetic interview on “FOX News Sunday,” Cheney fired back [...]
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Posted on December 22, 2008, 3:53 pm by hamptonroadsgop
In an article listed at The Politico, it is reported that in an hypothetical primary matchup, Palin leads Murkowski 55% to 31%.
Read the rest of the article here.
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Posted on December 10, 2008, 12:51 am by timscottjohnson
Before beginning this post I feel that in the spirit of full disclosure and honesty, you all should know that I helped the Cuccinelli Campaign collect petitions and that at various times, the only names ever on my petitions were McDonnell, Bolling, Cuccinelli, and for fewer of them, also Brownlee and Foster.
The common feeling that [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2008, 10:11 pm by Aaron Gulbransen
AFP and its State Director are leading the charge for open and honest accountability in the House of Delegates:
In an article in the Virginian Pilot, Julian Walker writes:
Republican activists are pushing party leaders to abolish a rule that allows members of the House of Delegates to defeat bills without leaving any record of how they [...]
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Posted on December 6, 2008, 2:49 pm by Aaron Gulbransen
***This is a HamptonRoadsGOP.com exclusive***
Cuccinelli wins the RPV Advance Strawpoll. The results are as follows:
Cuccinelli, 47.8%
Brownlee, 38.4%
Foster, 13.8%
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Posted on December 2, 2008, 6:22 am by hamptonroadsgop
They started counting petitions yesterday at RPV. At last count, it appears that the Cuccinelli campaign has more petitions than any other campaign by a large margin.
As of last night, McDonnell, Bolling, Brownlee, Foster, and Cuccinelli fulfilled the requirement.
In a show of Party unity, McDonnell and Bolling had been collecting signatures for themselves, as well [...]
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