Archive for the ‘Allen for President’ Category

George and The Gipper

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
Yep, a picture can be worth a thousand words.

The 2008 GOP nomination

Monday, April 10th, 2006
While Virginia and South Carolina might be George Allen country, there is some thought that John McCain is the only Republican that could put California in play -- and that would be a huge advantage to the 2008 GOP nominee for President: But to those Republicans who turn out to pick presidential nominees, one electoral consideration [...]

George Allen: the perfect conservative?

Thursday, April 6th, 2006
I don't know, but the American Conservative Union gave Sen. Allen a 100% in their latest ratings: The American Conservative Union, the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots lobbying organization, today released its 2005 “Rating of Congress,” the definitive conservative assessment of the federal legislative branch. ACU has rated every member of the House and Senate since 1971, [...]

Vote for George Allen

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
Go here and vote for George Allen in this online poll. I chose the third option.

Poll numbers for George Allen

Friday, March 31st, 2006
Pretty good approval numbers for George Allen in the latest Survey USA poll.

Dick Wadhams taking over

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
I meant to post this the other day: Dick Wadhams, the chief of staff for Sen. George Allen (R-VA) will take a leave of absence from Allen's congressional office to manage his tougher-than-expected re-election campaign in Virginia. He'll start on 4/10. Allen faces Democrats Harris Miller (D), a lobbyist, and James Webb, a former Republican and Navy Secretary. [...]

Fox News 2008 poll

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
New Fox News poll out about the 2008 Presidential primary races on both sides of the aisle: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., continue to be the most popular candidates in their respective party primaries, according to the latest FOX News poll.... Sen. George Allen is nowhere [...]

Straw poll

Monday, March 13th, 2006
I know a lot of people have been interested in that SRLC straw poll about the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, so I thought I'd post the results here. Sen. Allen finished third, behind Sen. Bill Frist and Mitt Romney. Of course, 52 percent of the participants were from Tennessee, so that explains Frist's [...]

Return of the King

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
Michael Shear has a good post on his WaPo blog about Sen. George Allen's return to Richmond.

Horse Race Blogging

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Whenever a blogger wants to stir things up, generating hits and comments, he or she generally runs some sort of "horse race" post. Big-time journalist and rookie blogger Marc Fisher of the Washington Post took that route yesterday with his Raw Fisher blog post on Allen v. Warner. He's up to 47 comments, [...]

The Fix is In On George Allen

Monday, February 27th, 2006
Chris Cillizza, who writes the Washington Post online column "The Fix," has an interview with Sen. George Allen. Not surprisingly, Allen casts himself in the Reagan mold.