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Before I post the Joe Bury and Jeff Fredrick interviews, check out the upcoming weekend walks:

Click here to see this weekeend's walk locations

Of course, check out the Delegate walks as well:

-Phone Bank-

When: Monday-Thursday  as well as Saturday during the day

Where: 4246 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Va (In Fairfax City)
804.814.1450 if you have any questions
-GO DOOR TO DOOR ON SATURDAY-

 

 

 

Walk with Joe Bury for Delegate

10am

Starbucks in Bradlick Shopping Center

6910 Bradlick Shopping Center | Annandale, VA 22003

POC: Weatherly Hulsey | 904.651.9594

 

Walk with Jim LeMunyon for Delegate

9am

Jim LeMunyon’s House

3296 Willow Glen Drive | Oak Hill, Va

POC: Tim Edson | 703.357.6735

Newgate area Walk

10am

Centreville High School Parking Lot

6001 Union Mill Road | Clifton, Va

POC: Ben Rothenberg | 804.912.0167

 

 

 

Walk with Jim Hyland for Delegate

10am & 1pm (Vienna and Oakton)

Hyland for Delegate HQ

301 Maple Ave W, Suite C | Vienna, VA

POC: Darius Barakat | 703.407.2497

Walk with Barbara Comstock for Delegate

9:30am & 1pm

Barbara Comstock’s House

6822 Wemberly Way | McLean, Va

POC: Sean Harrison | 215.668.0981

 

 

 

Walk with Chris Merola for Delegate

10:45am

Merrifield Post Office Parking Lot

8409 Lee Highway | Merrifield, Va

POC: Noah Gibson | 703.850.8347

Walk with Kerry Bolognese for Delegate

9:30am

Kerry Bolognese’s House

8306 James Creek Road | Springfield, Va

POC: Corry Bliss | 617.970.7025

Walk with Tim Nank for Delegate

9:30am

Stoneybrooke Park

3900 Stoneybrooke Drive | Alexandria, Va

POC: Rich Nilsen | richnilsen@aol.com

 

Walk with Jay McConville for Delegate

      10am

 

Stratford Landing Elementary School

8484 Riverside Road| Alexandria, Va

POC: Stephen Spiker | spiker@gojay.org

Walk with Aaron Ringel for Delegate

DATE: Saturday, July 11
TIME: 10 am – 2 pm; barbecue @2:30
MEET AT: Ringel HQ
1036 S. 16th St., Arlington
(at S. Kent St., just a few blocks from the Pentagon City Metro stop)

For more on Aaron’s event, visit www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101826240734 , or email ringelfordelegate@gmail.com .

 

Hope to see you at a walk! Not Jim Moran will be out campaigning!

 

 

 

Walk with Danny Smith for Delegate

10 am

Starbucks in Bradlick Shopping Center

POC: Parks Bennett | volunteer@dannyfordelegate.com or 703-300-7145

This post is taken word for word from VBDems.org

I sent several emails to Rep. Glen Nye urging his support for the ACES climate change bill and more emails expressing my disappointment after he voted against it.

I received two different emails from him in response:

In one email, Nye said I will be pleased to know the bill passed, praising it as “a comprehensive approach that charts a new course toward a clean energy economy” and “will create jobs, help end our dangerous dependence on foreign oil, and combat global warming” (without ever mentioning that he voted against it).

In the other email, Nye said I will be pleased to know that he voted against it “because we do not need another tax on American families during this time of economic hardship.”

Oops!  Nye can’t have it both ways.  Thelma Drake was consistently wrong, but at least she was consistent.

Other blogs mentioning this story:

Too Conservative

Not Larry Sabato

Public Policy Polling has a new poll out today showing that Bob McDonnell leads Creigh Deeds 49%-43%.  The poll is here.  Bill Bolling leads Jody Wagner 46%-40%, and Ken Cuccinelli leads Steve Shannon 45%-38%.  PPP polled 617 people, 33% Republican, 34% Democrat, and 33% Independent.  Margin of error is 4%.

Some interesting numbers:  McDonnell led among independents, 54%-33%.  He also led among Hispanics, 44%-33%. 

Overall, this is good news.  Deeds’ post primary bounce is done, and McDonnell is making progress among independents.  Moreover, the ticket seems to be following the trend.  Of course it’s early, but Bob McDonnell is a good candidate, with good ideas, and attuned to the message Virginians want to hear.  After the nice op-ed from the WaPo the other day on charter schools, I’ve got to think that independents find McDonnell’s policy innovations appealing.  Deeds has been and remains a cipher on policy.  Still waiting for Deeds’s response to McDonnell’s offer of those ten debates. 

H/T:  The Campaign Spot

Smith for Delegate

Debate me, please!

 About a month ago, Danny Smith sent a letter to Kaye Kory, congratulating her on her victory and challenging her to a debate. In the letter, he said,

It is obvious that the constituents in the 38th District want a fresh voice in Richmond….I feel that it is our obligation to show them who we are and how we are prepared to take on the duties of being their delegate….

With that in mind, I would like to propose that we debate the issues as many times as possible….Our campaigns could work jointly to arrange venues and formats.

I know that you agree that it is time for an effective new voice in Richmond. Let’s go out and show the 38th that we are up for the up.

Pretty good, huh? Not only is it professional, but it is good that he is willing to work with her on debate formats. Most campaigns create their own formats and “challenge” the other side to their debates. Mr. Smith seems to be one of the few politicians wanting a debate for the voters, not just for sound bytes. This is a refreshing change.

I sent a few questions to the Smith campaign asking more about this. Here’s what he had to say,

Red NoVA: How important is it to have a debate for this seat?

Danny Smith:  Debates are critical to put the issues facing our community squarely in the public arena.  My opponent and I are running in an open seat and the voters deserve to put their questions to us and have them answered.  Our community is very civic oriented, and the people of the 38th would appreciate hearing from us both and contrasting our views about how to help Northern Virginia. Public debate is always a strengthening factor in our democracy and the citizens are well served when their prospective leaders explain their views openly.

RN: Do you think a debate would provide differences between you and your opponent?  

Danny: Yes, absolutely.  I believe my opponent and I have very different ideas on how issues should addresses and the people deserve to hear our various ideas and decide for themselves which one is the best.

RN: Given the district’s politics, is such a public debate is a good idea? 

Danny: Public debate is always good because it places the candidates in front of the voters who ultimately get to decide who they think is best to serve their community and represent them.  

RN: If she continues to ignore you, what will be the campaign’s response? 

Danny: We will continue to press for debates and we will go to the voters and answer any question they want to ask, with or without my opponent.  If my opponent wants to take this district for granted and is afraid to debate openly, then the citizens need to ask themselves what kind of delegate she would be in the General Assembly if she is afraid to face her opponent in the election cycle.

Should be interesting. I’ll provide updates as I get them. To read my interview with Danny Smith, click here.

If George Bush did this, the media would be talking about how dumb he was. Apparently, as an act of peace, our Secretary of State decided to give the Russian counterpart a “Reset” button. Except they translated it wrong.

The Reset Button
The Reset Button

This reminds me of the time when Obama gave the queen of England an iPod with his own speeches in it and when he gave Gorden Brown a set of dvds that didn’t work in Britain.

Enjoy a special Independence Day message from Bob McDonnell!

Click on the icon below for more info! It’s so great to see Republicans using technology like this. Take that Democrats!

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Virginia Democrats

Today it was announced that the Democratic Party of Virginia paid a $5000 fine to the FEC because of deficiencies in the party’s financial disclosure forms dating to 2006.

Glad to see that the RPV has a rapid witty response.

Without having looked into it fully, it sounds significant and particularly negligent and cheating is never allowed.

For more details on the story, click here.

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