Entries from January 2009

January 24, 2009

Chris Christie wins Camden straw poll

He beat former Bogota mayor Steve Lonegan 77% to 23%.
You can donate to his campaign here.

January 22, 2009

McDonnell receives award from veterans group

Bob McDonnell accepted the Seven Seals Award from the Guard and Reserve:
“Today, we are honoring Bob McDonnell, not for his military service, for which we owe him a great deal of gratitude, but for his exceptional support of fellow Reserve and Guard members as an employer,” Trout said. “Bob McDonnell has gone above and beyond [...]

January 15, 2009

Endorsement: Chris Christie for NJ-Gov!

I have decided to throw my support behind former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie in the 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial race.  He made his decision last week, filing papers with the state on January 9, 2009. 
While Christie is a moderate Republican, he is the best hope to take back the governorship in bluer-than-blue New Jersey in [...]

January 15, 2009

McDonnell leads fundraising

It’s been reported that Attorney General Bob McDonnell is leading the money race in the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election:
McDonnell, who is unopposed for the Republican nomination, raised slightly more than $1.6 million in the second half of last year, according to a report he submitted Thursday to the Virginia State Board of Elections. His campaign [...]

January 14, 2009

Brian Moran stands up for higher gas prices…

…by standing against all offshore drilling in Virginia.
In the race to become the next governor, Brian Moran, a Democrat, broke ranks Tuesday with other candidates by vowing to fight all efforts to allow oil and natural gas drilling off the Virginia coast.
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The two other Democratic contenders, state Sen. Creigh Deeds and Terry McAuliffe, have more [...]

January 13, 2009

Even Tim “The Eyebrow” Kaine thinks Bob McDonnell will win

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine recently stopped talking about how awesome he is long enough to comment on the 2009 gubernatorial election in Virginia.  Here’s what he had to say:
Kaine said he regards Attorney General Bob McDonnell, the likely GOP nominee, as the favorite because of the state’s “32-year curse.” Kaine was referring to the pattern [...]

January 12, 2009

Mortgage Relief for Virginia

Attorney General Bob McDonnell announded that the Commonwealth of Virginia had reached a settlement with Countrywide Financial Corp to provide foreclosure relief to Virginians.
Many of those helped will be in Northern Virginia, an area that has become increasingly hard for Republicans to win, especially conservative Republicans like Bob McDonnell.
You can donate to Bob McDonnell’s campaign [...]