I would not worry about the supporters for Hurt not being in attendance. He bused in 50+ of them to the Lynchburg debate.

Was George Allen provoked to say “macaca”?. we cannot afford to lose to Perriello for something stupid.

Donna, I want to go to the debate & have asked some friends to ride with me. But I probably won’t ride 2 hours by myself.

I have never heard of that show, and do not know the website. Which “Mc” was it? I would guess McKelvey, but that is a guess.

For the record, I too would be turned off by that gesture. I just wonder why a candidate would do that. I am confident there was some provocation.

go to the Joe Thomas radio show of 2 fridays ago. one of the Mc’s said that he didn’t need the Republican party to win. He is wrong. everybody will have to be working together to beat Perriello.

as for one of the candidates shooting the bird at the county chairman, i think the gesture was captured on film. will try to find out & get back to you. i do know that many in that unit were turned off by gesture. as I mentioned, we need to pull together, not drive wedges between the very ones that will work against Perriello.

Does that county chair who told you about this middle finger thing have a preference, I am betting they do, and I am betting it is Hurt. Are there others who saw this, what was the reason for the gesture?

I wonder, which candidate said that he did not need the GOP, please provide the context of the statement.

As far as ‘attacking’ one another. If Hurt cannot handle those policy and philosophy disagreements now…..he better drop out…because Obama, Emmauel,Pelosi, and company are coming to defend their boy….and it will be ugly.

I know what mine would be.

I am concerned that some of our 5th district candidates don’t see that political reality. One candidate said that he didn’t need the Republican party. According to one county chairman, another candidate “shot the bird” during a county meeting. Many of the candidates’ supporters are attacking each other on the blogs.

On June 9th, all of us need to pull together behind the Republican nominee to beat Perriello.

meaning that is the way it is supposed to work, ya know people actually casting a vote based on their principles.

I know you disagree, but it could be worse.

At least those of us who vote for “the most conservative” in the race are voting based on principles.

Too many people for people vote with all sorts of really stupid, shallow reasons, and I personally do not think this is one of them.

For the record, I do not blame liberals for wanting the most liberal to win. The one that best matches their views.

After all, that is way it is supposed to work.

Jobs, Working with other areas, budgets for all of the departments in the city. people wanting their property rezoned to add a business or renovate their homes. Right now the budget short fall in Richmond and he is upset cause he upset cause the city turned someone power off. When a person runs for office people look at the past no matter when it what or what they did or didn’t do. If you have a skeleton in your closet or did something come clean or someone will find it.

I’m sick of partisan “we are always correct” crap, ’cause I got news for people who act that way. You’re not.

The House of Representatives would be a hell of a lot more effective if they were a body politic that worked together instead of a bunch of “R”s and “D”s telling every camera what the other side did wrong.

To put the matter at rest for good (like that will actually happen), Robert Hurt was right in voting for the compromise bill six years ago. Marshall, Hawkins & Hurt made the right decision at the time and I do not begrudge them one bit in doing that.

Screw this “we must have the most conservative person” attitude.

In fact I like him.

Plain and simple truth is that Robert Hurt, while a conservative, is NOT the most conservative candidate, who is electable in the race. I for one am very conservative and look for candidates to support that meet that same standard.

The fact that conventional wisdom got behind him so quick is concerning to me, that and the fact that he seems to be a ‘go along and get along” kinda guy…

Hurt got LaCivita because he is great at what he does and because he just helped KC with the AG seat. The only reason people say Hurt is establishment is because he has been in elected office long enough to make friends. I know people hate Cantor, but i dont understand why, he is a solid conservative and has done a great job aligning Republican opposition to the health care bill.

McKelvey is a good guy and i think he has a chance, but he is going to need to get some support from those outside the tea party. Being a tea party candidate wont win this election. You need the “establishment” voters to win.

On McKelvey though, just this past week my husband and I were discussing McKelvey and decided to do some research on his position on the social issues, and like PD, found nothing on his site. So at around 9pm, I called his campaign office and talked to the guy manning the phone (I really need to start writing down names). Anyway, he told me that the social issues were supposed to be up on the site by the end of this past week, and I’m guessing they still aren’t. Anyway, the guy on the phone told me that McKelvey was pro-life, and would vote for a marriage amendment if presented with it. I’m guessing those are the big two, but I know there is more on the table now with DADT. I think he probably falls in line with typical way the GOP approaches social issues. Anyway, this is just an assumption, but I don’t wonder if he’s waiting to see where the 5th demands he stand before he comes out with something. I just don’t know, but it’s interesting that nothing is up yet.

Do you know what Mckelvey’s positions are on social issues? I have looked at his site and found nothing. I also emailed the campaign for comment on some of the issues important to me, and have gotten no response.

Obviously, Kelly knows nothing about Mckelvey. Insinuating that he is establishment is completely laughable!

Just like SC, she fell in line with Hurt early, and did not check out the other candidates.

For example, SC posted that they all were clown car. Then he posted a change in opinion on that once he actually checked some of them out.

But calling McKelvey establishment because he hired O’Connor is the funniest or dumbest thing I have ever seen you write. There is nothing about McKelvey that says establishment, if you really believe it I feel sorry for you.

and McKelvey hired a “establishment” campaign manager, make no mistake about that.

Verga is also a clown for his weekly miscues- “I am the Tea Party candidate!” -people who voted for Obama are the greatest security threat- and the latest is Bill Hay as his CM. Bill’s a nice guy and all but this is Verga’s last chance to get the endorsement of all the Tea Parties by buying one of their leaders. I don’t blame Bill for getting a pay day but Verga isn’t going anywhere. He’s is the 3rd pick of the Tea Party at the very best and would be lucky to finish 4th in the primary. The Dueling Mc’s are fighting for the Tea Party’s affection. They like McPadden but he’s never going to have the $ to compete. McKelvey is coming on strong and has more money than anybody right. He’s got to be Hurt’s worst nightmare.

In my opinion, an establishment candidate is one that first is entrenched and beholden to a particular party first and foremost. The second marker of an establishment candidate is being ‘hand picked’ by national party leaders. you do not get the same guy who gave GWB the swiftboat guys to work with your campaign without some prodding from national establishment politico’s. Hurt certainly is the darling of the established national republican party and would have gotten an official all out endorsement had there not been a grassroots kickback to the national republicans picking our candidate.

Additionally Tucker Watkins, the fifth district chair is a Hurt supporter who has and is working for his candidate behind the scenes. This is evidenced, in part, by the avid support that Hurt has from the unit chairs, many of whom are lock step with Tucker. Let’s be honest. The whole convention vs. primary fiasco was a slow pitch softball set up for Hurt.

Words do mean things. Hurt is a conservative in many ways. However, he is not the most conservative in the race. Anyone who says he is is either naive to true conservatism, or just a lock step establishment republican. not sure which is worse.

I hear people say that hurt is an acceptable conservative and has the name recognition to give Perriello a run for his money and beat him. Well, Hurt may be acceptable, but I for one am tired of not electing principled conservatives for the “sake of the party.”

i personally asked Mr. Hurt why he voted for the largest tax increase in VA history, his answer was actually more disturbing than the vote. He said “In principle I hated voting for that, but I felt it was the right thing to do to get the government moving again.”

So – He gave in on his principles for the sake of “getting the govt. running again.” He mentioned troopers and govt. offices closing if it did not pass. Well, I say he should have stood his ground and called their bluff. We know that they were not going to send all state troopers home, come on, be for real. He demonstrated there (and other times) that he is a “go along to get along” kinda politician.

I want a principled conservative. Hurt does not seem to be that.

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