Measured objectively, the issue of whether or not to move Falls Church City local elections from May to November is rather straightforward. Moving the elections will double or triple voter turnout and save city taxpayers an estimated $60,000 in each local election year (out of a total city [...]
The Virginia election results were certified tonight by the State Board of Elections and there were no particular surprises.
Bob McDonnell still won in a landslide. House Republicans still picked up six seats.
However, one of those House seats is going to take a little longer being finalized [...]
Gov-elect Bob McDonnell will have the “Opportunity Virginia” political action committee as his personal political treasury while in office.
The Virginia Public Access Project spotted the filing with the Virginia State Board of Elections. Money raised through the PAC will allow McDonnell to support all of his political activities and [...]
A new CNN poll shows that Republicans seem to favor ideological purity over actually winning elections:
Washington (CNN) - A new national poll suggests that the Democrats may be the party of pragmatism and Republicans may be the party of ideological purity.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey’s release on Tuesday comes [...]
Newsmax Reports:
The race in New York’s 23rd Congressional District was one of the most watched and hotly contested elections Nov. 3 because of the conservative revolt against the Republican Party’s handpicked liberal candidate Dede Scozzafava in favor of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.
But Hoffman’s decision to withdraw his election [...]
Joe Harvey writes at Red State that the GOP’s future course can go in two directions, laid out by two very different talk show hosts:
Two markedly different paths forward have emerged for Republicans as they decide how to rebuild and compete in the 2010 elections. These divergent paths have [...]
It’s “drubbing,“ not drumming:
Historically, the president’s political party takes a drumming in mid-term elections. . . .
Remember, spell-check programs are written by computer programmers, not English majors.
P.S.—Memo to Self: This post will invoke the Glass Houses Rule, a/k/a the Iron Law of Public Corrections—which states that any writer [...]
One of the big stories that nobody is reporting on is how bad big labor did in this year's elections in Virginia. Its an issue that was brought up during the campaign, the sheer volume of contributions made to Creigh Deeds and other Democrats throughout the Commonwealth. Their prescence was everywhere last year. Organized [...]
The Politico takes a look at the prospects for Republican pickups in Congress in the 2010 Elections:
As the 2010 campaign cycle begins in earnest, the central question in the House of Representatives is how many seats will Republicans win?
Few political observers or elected officials doubt that an energized GOP [...]
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