Entries from February 2009

February 20, 2009

NY-20 Special Election date set

Sorry I’ve been MIA for the past few weeks.  Long story short, I no longer have internet access between Sunday night and Friday morning, so this has kind of fallen by the wayside.
In case you haven’t heard, we finally have a probable date for the special election in NY-20:
Gov. David Paterson announced Wednesday that the [...]

February 10, 2009

$20 for NY-20!

The rightroots are participating in a push today to for NY-20 Congressional candidate Jim Tedisco.

The Democrat running for this seat, tax cheat venture capitalist Scott Murphy, is bringing his A-game.  That means the ability to self-fund and ride on now-Sen. Kristen Gillibrand’s coattails (something which may be a little harder now that her former constituents [...]

February 7, 2009

News from NY-20!

I’ve been remiss in not adding the special election in New York’s 20th District to my list of races.  It is one of RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s priorities, and it is important to me as well.
The word on the street is that for now-Sen. Kristen Gillibrand’s seat to be filled, Gov. David Paterson has to [...]

February 6, 2009

McDonnell ahead of all competitors

The leads range from three to nine points.  But, as Jim Geraghty points out, there is a caveat.

February 4, 2009

Christie polls ahead of Corzine

The word on the street is that former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie beats Gov. Jon Corzine 44-38 in a new poll by Quinnipiac University.
You can donate to Chris Christie’s campaign here.

February 4, 2009

Bob McDonnell to resign as Attorney General

The Washington Times reports that he’ll be stepping down from his post to concentrate on the gubernatorial race full-time:
“For the last three years, I’ve had a terrific opportunity to serve as Virginia’s 44th attorney general,” said Mr. McDonnell, the lone Republican running to replace Gov. Tim Kaine, a Democrat. “But now it’s time for me [...]

February 4, 2009

Chris Christie officially launches campaign

He’ll be starting the campaign with by visiting several New Jersey communities:
Christie plans a two-day, nine-stop campaign rollout, starting with a policy speech Wednesday morning in Newark. Later, he’ll greet voters at diners in Hamilton (Mercer County) and Westville. The candidate plans to pick up endorsements and attend a campaign rally on Thursday.
We’ll have word [...]