Final Push in Virginia Governor's Election - Find a Rally Near You

  Ken Cuccinelli GOTV Fly Around

VA Governor Debate This Wednesday

The local NBC stations will be covering this debate live.

Quote of the Day - Terry McAuliffe Edition

 "I am not going to read every bill when I’m governor. I’m going to hire people to read them for me."

Well at least he is honest about his laziness and lack of seriousness of the job.   

A Very Good Day in the Commonwealth - Our New Governor

Bob McDonnell ran a great campaign.  He not only stayed on message with important issues, he did it by remaining postive.  Gov McDonnell didn't allow the media to drag him into the gutter.  He ran a campaign that all republicans should follow.  Yesterday afternoon, the hardwork of the Virginia Republican Party paid off as he took his oath of office. 

Times They May Be A Changin'

Readers of my blog know that I live in Virginia. This is an election year for us. Our state legislator and governorship is up for grabs. This is an election that will be watched across the country as it is touted to being a measuring stick of the Obama policies. Virginia electoral votes went to President Obama, this was the first time since before I was born that it went to the democratic candidate; President Johnson was the last democrat to win. Virginia has been known as being a conservative southern state that is turning bluer as years go by, in political circles it is considered purple. Both Senators and our Governor all true blue liberal democrats. You may have heard about one of our Senators; Jim Webb. He has a son who served in Iraq. While at the White House he told President Bush that how his son was doing was none of his business. I am so blessed to represented by such a polite man. Although the suburbs outside of DC are very liberal, and are a highly populated area of the commonwealth, I think times may be a changin’. We may be seeing a resurgence of conservatives’ policies here in Virginia. I would like to introduce some of the candidates running in Virginia from time to time. Here is a little information on two such candidates:

Bob McDonnell and Creigh Deeds are running for governor. Bob McDonnell is a staunch conservative that recently stepped down as attorney general to concentrate on his election bid. Creigh Deeds is a more conservative type of democrat from a rural area of the state. He is against gay marriage (although he has said that his views are “evolving”), supports the 2nd amendment and is tough against crime. These two faced off four years ago in the attorney general race. Bob McDonnell is ahead in all the polls, and it looks like he will defeat Mr. Deeds again. But the interesting part of this race is how conservative the democratic candidate is, I guess he would be described as a blue dog. Creigh Deeds beat out two candidates for the nomination, one of which is a liberal that would make President Obama proud.

We have a very interesting candidate running for a delegate seat. Her name is Sasha Gong. She is running in the Virginia 46th district. She was born in China, taught herself English, and her family was forced from their in home in the city to a rural farming area. She became a writer who had the audacity to question the government on human rights issues, which got her a year in a Chinese prison. She has lived in a totalitarian regime and understands what happens if the government becomes too powerful. Her life story is very compelling. She made her way to the US to study for her PhD at Harvard. Lucky for us, she has been able to stay in this country and has decided to run for office. She is a tough lady that will bring some common sense back to government and is all too aware of how dangerous and oppressive big government can be. Check out her blog on http://www.sashagong.com/blog you can read an incredible letter written to republican women. Sadly, I don't live in her district, but I am doing what I can to support her candidacy.

There is hope yet

Yesterday in Virginia was the democratic primary for governor.

The voters had three distinctly different candidates to choose from. One of which was Clinton buddy Terry McAuliffe. The former president actually made a few campaign stops here.

And the winner is: Creigh Deeds

The most conservative; 2nd ammendment supporter, has lobbied for a gay marriage amendment to our state consitution, and he is a fiscal conservative.

He will be running against staunch conversative Bob McDonnell. McDonnell is ahead in all current polls.

McDonnell and Deeds are old foes. They ran for Attorney General against each other and McDonnell won.