Virginia 6th

After 10 largely unchallenged terms in congress Bob Goodlatte’s ability to compromise in DC without consequence back home must be the envy of every sly politician scheming to escape the annoying restraints of accountability a purifying election race might provide. But while an unattended house makes a bold thief, overconfidence often leads to carelessness and [...]

The Lynchburg Tea Party debate is tonight at Liberty University’s Law School at 7pm. VA6th will be blogging from the debate via twitter. Follow @VA6thWatchdogs

Despite Bearing Drift’s best efforts to paint George Allen as the presumptive nominee for the Republican’s to take on Tim Kaine for the US Senate seat that Jim Webb currently has, the voters have other ideas (and so does Tim Donner, but more on that later). The results are shocking. Not shocking in that Jamie [...]

In all the news coverage of the “tax cut deal” it’s been Obama vs. The GOP, Obama vs. The Dems, The GOP vs. The Dems. Where’s the Tea Party in all of this? A friend of mine asked me on facebook: My question is where are all the “Tea Party Like” organizations in all of [...]

The 6th District GOP Committee Treasurer Dexter Gaines has broken the state party rules and VA-6 Congressman Bob Goodlatte needs to hold him accountable. Article 7 Section C of the State Party Plan states that: “A member of an Official Committee is held to a higher standard of support for nominees of the Republican Party [...]

The “Food Safety and Modernization Act” passed the Senate on Monday. The problem? A complete overreach of government into people’s lives. The bill essentially has the ability to prevent people from growing their own food in their backyards. Yes, this should make you very angry. Virginians should be proud that their senators were bribed (er… [...]

There is a plot afoot to do away with VA’s convention to choose who the GOP Senate candidate will be. See story here: http://virginiafifthwatchdog.com/2010/11/state-central-committee-libertys-firing-squad/ Once again it looks like the RPV is up to it’s old tricks. On November 20th the State Central Committee is planning to decide on Primary vs Convention and with a [...]

VA6th Watchdogs has received a screen shot of an email sent by the Bosiger campaign that is purportedly from “Glenn Beck.” Obviously it’s not, as evidenced by the fact that it comes directly from bosiger4clerk@gmail.com as plainly visible here: Really? Come on Shelia. Really? It’s one thing to try and say “Oh, all the missing [...]

See the announcement here… Or read the short summary here: Dear World: We’ve never ever ever ever ever ever ever before – in the history of the world EVER – endorsed a candidate for a local constitutional position because we pride ourselves on being impartial in local politics, but we are so terrified of the [...]

From Pajamas Media: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/voter-fraud-watch-a-primer-on-what-to-watch-for/?singlepage=true There’s been lots of talk about voter fraud this election season. Already machines have purportedly preselected candidates and in other places, documents demonstrate non-citizens are registered to vote. Anyone who says voter fraud doesn’t exist has no credibility. I’ve covered elections for over 10 years. I’ve seen it over and over [...]