Category Archives: Virginia


Overtones of VA GOP’s position on “Statement of Intent”

December 1, 2007 – 9:32 am

Last night the Virginia GOP passed a resolution:
The Republican Party of Virginia State Central Committee yesterday evening passed a motion requesting the Virginia State Board of Elections withdraw the “statement of intent” requirement before participating in the 2008 Republican presidential primary contest.
While the committee did request the Virginia State Board of Elections to withdraw the […]

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Thompson on Security and Unity

October 5, 2007 – 1:50 pm

Fred Thompson’s campaign’s motto is "Prosperity, Security, Unity". He addressed the first of these during his main speech to the Americans for Prosperity. He addressed the other parts during a speech to the Virginia delegation.
Nothing special, but interesting to see the rest of his message.
I was struck, again, by how much the crowd wants to […]

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Court invalidates VA nomination laws

October 2, 2007 – 3:46 pm

This is sort of interesting. In Virginia, incumbents are allowed to pick the process by which nominations for their seat are made. A part of that law was struck down. There is also no party registration. The 4th Circuit said that the law is unconstitutional, as applied, when the incumbent picks a primary as the […]

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What does state general election polling tell us?

August 23, 2007 – 11:54 am

 
Virginia
Kentucky
Alabama

 
vs. Hillary
Undecided
vs. Hillary
Undecided
vs. Hillary
Undecided

Giuliani
 -3
 5%
 -5
7%

 +6
6%

Thompson
 -9
7%

 -7
 5%
 +2
 4%

Romney
 -14
8%
[…]

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Red states going blue?

July 9, 2007 – 12:57 pm

I missed these because I was in Florida at the Young Republican convention. Two stories about the GOP in light red states.
First, Marc Ambinder references an old poll that has Hillary up substantially in West Virginia:
A survey of 400 likely voters completed in May by the political consulting firm of Fabrizio, McLaughlin and Associates finds […]

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