I’m liking this George Fitch guy who’s thinking of running against Kilgore: “It’s a bedrock Republican principle that it is best to let local governments decide, because they know what is going to work best in their communities. It’s perverse that in a Republican-controlled state like Virginia that things would be as centralized as they …
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Southwest Virginia — distant from Richmond.
From Commonwealth Conservative: Interesting factoid: did you know that parts of Southwest Virginia are closer to 5 other state capitals than they are to Richmond? If you are in Lee County, down in the Southwestern tip of the state, you are closer to Cincinnati, OH, than you are to Richmond. Is it any wonder that …
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Triplett sticks around.
Kevin Triplett, who challenged Democratic incumbent Rick Boucher for the 9th District in Southwest Virginia, isn’t going anywhere, writes the Coalfield Progress. He got pretty well beat down on Election Day, with just 38% of the vote, and winning just two counties. As he’s a Floridian [though a Virginia native, a commenter points out], having …
Preston Bryant gives up column.
On the Roanoke Times‘ website, Del. Preston Bryant writes that he’s giving up the column that he’s written for the site for the past 2.5 years. Bryant has been a cheerleader for the right in that time — and there’s certainly nothing wrong with that — which has left him in a ticklish situation. Having …
I can’t imagine why he shaved it.
Check out the soup strainer on Kilgore, circa 2000: Lookin’ good, Jer. Now, is that Dapper Dan or Fop you’re using there?
George Fitch seeking Republican nod for governor.
It seems that Attorney General Jerry Kilgore has a challenger for the June Republican primary — the mayor of Warrenton, George Fitch. I’ve never heard of him, but Club for Growth favors him, which may explain Kilgore’s recent shift to the radical right. I wonder if this new round of criticism of Kilgore’s viability as …
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Post picks up “weak Kilgore” meme.
In today’s Washington Post, reporter Gordon Morse picks up the weak-Kilgore meme in his coverage of the presumed Republican nominee in the Virginia governor’s race, in a whole article completely dedicated to the topic of Kaine’s dominance and Kilgore’s passivity and submission. [On page B08 of the paper — I’ll replace this with a link …
From the files of “Things Preston Bryant might want to rethink.”
“[Bill Howell] is a solid conservative, but not in a punch-you-in-the-nose sort of way.” —Del. Preston Bryant, July 22, 2002, 29 months before Howell punched him in the nose.
Rep. Howell pushing moderates to Democrats.
I’ve described the civil war between the two factions of the Republican Party in Virginia, and even said that the shift of power back to Democrats had begun, but an important point that I have been missing is the central role that House Speaker Bill Howell plays in all of this. That’s where the Charlottesville …
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Sample of Kilgore’s speech.
I’ve extracted an audio clip of Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore speaking — available for download as an MP3. It’s a brief sample from NBC 12’s December 8 story about the debate between him and Lt. Governor Tim Kaine. Please give a listen, and feel free to host it elsewhere or pass it around, if …