May

16

Vern McKinley Makes “Change Congress” Pledge

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Vern McKinley has made the following pledges in support of “Change Congress“:

  1. I will support the abolition of “earmarks.”
  2. I will support reform to increase transparency in Congress.

While Frank Wolf continues to say one thing and do another on earmarks, McKinley solidifies his principled view on earmarks by taking this public pledge.

For more details on “Change Congress” check them out here.

May

16

McKinley To Address Virginia’s 10th District Republican Convention

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Vern McKinley will address fellow Republicans at Virginia’s 10th District Convention on Saturday, May 17th, 2008. The campaign invites supporters, interested parties, and volunteers to come hear McKinley speak and help the campaign.

The convention begins at 10am, but registration begins at 8:30am so get there early.

Convention Location: Langley High School, 6520 Georgetown Pike, McLean, Virginia

May

16

McKinley Required Reading Of The Day: The Republican Panic

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The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece outlining a potential strategy to help recover the Republican party and win some elections this year.

House Republicans pooh-poohed their own earmarking scandals, spending excesses and overall wallowing in the Beltway status quo. Rather than rethink their habits, they re-elected the same party leaders and even kept Jerry Lewis as their chief Appropriator. Congressman John Shadegg of Arizona is right when he says that “Since the 2006 elections, Republicans have done absolutely nothing to redefine themselves. We can’t even get behind an earmark moratorium bill.”

They’ve also been content to replay their same losing political attack strategy. In 2006, they thought they could save their majority by donning a Nancy Pelosi fright wig and shouting “liberal, liberal, liberal.” This year they’re wearing a Barack Obama mask, and that isn’t working either.

Read the full article.