TIME TO VOTE !
Election day is tomorrow, November 2nd. To visit the VA State Board of Elections to find out where to vote or what candidates/ballot questions will be on you ballot tomorrow, click HERE. Ensure that your voice is heard; VOTE!
Will this Young Gun take Aim at Government Spending in 2011?
If, as pundits predict, Republicans recapture the House of Representatives from the Democrats in elections next month, Congressman Eric Cantor (R-Va.) would most likely become majority leader, and “he could be Barack Obama’s worst nightmare,” according to an October 2 Wall Street Journal article by Steve Moore, senior economics writer for the WSJ editorial page. Cantor [...]
And Then There Was One…
...remaining original member of the crack White House Economics Team. Bloomberg is reporting that Larry Summers is expected to quit his post as director of the president's National Economics Council after the November elections. Other members who've abandoned ship include Peter Orzag, who paddled away after announcing his resignation in June, and Christina Romer, who [...]
Is the Tea Party the GOP? Is the GOP the Tea Party?
It depends who you ask. If you ask the GOP leadership, "we're all the Tea Party..." Read about it here. To excerpt: House Republican leader John Boehner says: "There really is no difference between what Republicans believe in and what the Tea Party activists believe in." Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele says: "If I [...]
Help in Getting out the Limited Government Vote
An excellent new resource was just made available for helping proponents of constitutionally limited government organize their get-out-the-vote efforts more effectively than we have in the past to have a real impact on elections. It’s called the Concord Project and is found at www.concordproject.org. For a detailed post about this initiative, click here.
Top Ten Reasons Why Congress Hates the Tea Party & Patriot groups (and why you should register for the Oct. 8-9 Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention
Top Ten Reasons Why Congress Hates the Tea Party & Patriot groups (and why you should register for the Oct. 8-9 Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention at www.vateapartyconvention.com): 10. Most Tea Party & Patriot group supporters actually work for a living, and it’s human nature not to like people who are so very different from [...]
Obama at historical low in polls
Rasmussen reported on July 21 that: Over the past year, the Democrats fixed on what they thought was a devastating four-word slogan to defeat Republicans in 2010: "The Party of No." Unlike many campaign slogans, it was fair enough. After all, the Republicans had opposed almost unanimously all of President Obama's major bills (socialized health [...]
27th District Candidate Responses to RTP Questionnaire
On May 21, Richmond Tea Party sent questionnaires to the two candidates running to fill the 27th district House of Delegates seat. Click here to download Roxann Robinson's response. As of the date of this post, we have not received a response from Dr. William "Bill" Brown.
The Financial Condition of the World: Excepts From the Mainstream and Alternative Financial Press (Part III)
In this final installment, I want to emphasize the connection between economics and politics. In my mind the two are interwoven and inseparable. Economics is about who produces what, and politics is about who gets to keep it. The political system is exactly as virtuous as are the people who comprise it. Activity in the [...]
President Obama’s Predictable Lack of Leadership on Full Display
Adding to the plethora of voices from the Left and the Right now singing about the incompetence of President Obama, Dick Morris has written a hard-hitting column that explains who we have elected as our leader. Here’s an excerpt: Both the financial crisis and the oil come ever closer to our shores — one from [...]
Roxann Robinson Wins GOP Canvass for Chesterfield Special Election
It looks like Roxann Robinson won the GOP Canvass easily tonight. Delegate Sam Nixon was appointed by Governor McDonnell to head the Virginia Information Technology Agency. As a result, a special election will be held on June 15th to find his replacement in the House of Delegates. Since the Republicans had more than one candidate vying [...]
Chesterfield Republican Canvas and Public Square With Governor McDonnell
Two quick things for today: 1) If you are a Republican, remember that the Republican Party is holding a Party Canvas in Chesterfield today from 4pm-8pm to select their nominee to run in the special election to fill Delegate Sam Nixon’s vacant seat (27th House District). Click here for details on the canvas and here [...]