Category: Politics
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Make Virginia Elections About Virginia, Not Trump
by Derrick Max Senator Tim Kaine recently sent out a fundraising email where he quoted the Washington Post that the Virginia “elections are seen as a referendum on the Trump administration.” This suggests that voters should cast their ballots based on how they feel about our current President, rather than the pressing issues facing our…
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Iran and Trump Derangement Syndrome
Mark Warner, once a moderate Democrat, has become a partisan hack. by Kerry Dougherty It’s unseemly, not to mention unpatriotic. I’m talking about the Democrats and assorted lefties in the media who this week were gleefully calling the American B-2 bombing of key Iranian nuclear sites a failure. Their premature celebrations were based on a…
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Taxes and Trans Are the Winning Ticket for GOP, Reid Says
by James A. Bacon Taxes and transgender rights are the two big issues that John Reid, Republican nominee for lieutenant general, thinks will bring him victory in a year where the conventional wisdom favors a Democratic sweep in statewide elections. Most Virginians hate the car tax, and an increasing number are stressed by the steady…
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Standards and Expectations
Along with other Virginia Senate hallucinations by Gordon Morse May a committee of the Virginia Senate act on behalf of the entire body? That appears to be question raised by a group of Senate Democrats and, if the answer is yes, it would contradict legislative norms presently held most everywhere. Maybe there’s an exception in…
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Car Tax Redux
The Fifth Dimension Beckons Once More by Gordon C. Morse There’s a “sign post up ahead.” Planet car tax looms before us. Once again, we’re on a journey to a wonderous land whose boundaries are only that of imagination. Jim Gilmore -– a cosmonaut of the first order — launched this trip in 1997, when…
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Here’s an Idea: Let’s Stop Hating Each Other
by Chap Petersen This Sunday, I had drafted my usual glib newsletter, on the heels of a joyful 35th reunion at Williams College (Mass). Then came the chilling news from Minnesota of the assassination of a Democratic House member and her husband, along with the wounding of a State Senator. The motives are still unclear but the…
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Politicians Are Not Punching Bags, Gun Range Targets
By Ken Reid “Political violence” reared its ugly head in the Saturday shooting deaths of Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the wounding of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife – all of them shot at their respective homes outside Minneapolis. Shooting any human being and killing them is heinous, but…
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More Eye-Popping Late Donations from Dominion, Clean Virginia
By Steve Haner Dominion Energy Virginia has contributed another $1 million plus to Virginia state-level politicians in large, late pre-primary donations, with the largest amounts given to Shannon Taylor’s run for Attorney General and Levar Stoney’s campaign for lieutenant governor. This close to the vote, state law requires rapid reporting on late large checks. According…
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Are Virginia’s Historic Landscapes the Next Frontier for Big Tech?
Data centers continue to bolster communities in Virginia, but without proper regulation, Virginians on the ground will be the biggest losers. by Bronson Winslow Data centers, driven by Big Tech’s eastward expansion, have popped up like 7-Elevens across Virgini a— reshaping rolling hills and historic communities in the name of progress. The aggressive transformation, primarily…
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The Case of the Disappearing VPAP Data
By Steve Haner Revised June 5 The pro-green energy activist group Clean Virginia has announced a live television attack advertisement in opposition to Shannon Taylor, one of two Democratic candidates seeking the nomination for Attorney General. The ad (see it here) was authorized by the other candidate, Jay Jones. Taylor, currently Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney, accepted…
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A Champion of the People… or the Elites?
by Jacob Grandstaff Democrat AG candidate Jay Jones pretends to support social justice while cozying up to fat-cat elitists who exploit the poor. In the race for Virginia’s Attorney General, Democrat candidate Jay Jones pitches himself as a defender of justice, but his record paints a different picture — one of a politician rolling out…
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How Youngkin Can Help the GOP Win This Fall
by Paul Goldman Governor Glenn Youngkin says he’s a team player. He desperately wants the Virginia GOP ticket to win this fall. That’s why his backers say he pointed out the risks of nominating John Reid for lieutenant governor. Without a lie detector test or some magical discovery, there’s no way to know whether this…
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How John Reid Was Played
by Paul Goldman The latest poll predicting a Democratic ticket sweep this fall doesn’t come as a surprise to anybody who has read my columns here. When Donald Trump was in the White House the last time, the Dem nominee for Virginia governor won by the party’s biggest percentage in 32 years. Ralph Northam also…
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Not About Aaron Rouse
The growing habit of being great to be here. by Gordon C. Morse Steve Martin, meet Aaron Rouse. Early in his career, Martin would walk out onto the stage and say, “It’s great to be here.” Then he’d move a few feet away and say, “It’s great to be here, too.” He would keep shifting…
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Youngkin Has the Better Message
Dems think they have a winning issue in decrying layoffs of federal workers. Don’t count on it. by James A. Bacon Governor Glenn Youngkin is looking like a pretty darn good steward of the public fisc these days. Bucking a slowdown in the national economy, Virginia’s General Fund revenues increased 8.8% in April, tracking $220…