Thursday, December 29, 2011

Virginia presidential primary

So with only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul (absent a legal decision otherwise) having qualified for the Virginia Republican primary for president, does this mean that Paul has a decent chance at winning the Commonwealth just to keep the delegates out of Romney's hands if the race for convention delegates is looking close at that point?

(I suppose it depends to some extent on the degree to which the party establishment can GOTV with moderates, compared with Paul's ability to convince those supporting other candidates that this is the only way to keep Romney off the ballot in November.)

EDIT: See discussion of legal options here and here

Friday, December 09, 2011

Tell us what you really think, Ken

Cuccinelli on Dulles Rail:

After mishandling Phase I of the Dulles Metrorail/Silver Line extension, allowing Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority to oversee Phase II is like “buying your 16-year-old a new sports car, they go out, get drunk, crash into a tree, and you go out and buy them another one. And then buy them a six-pack.”

(And this despite the finding of MWAA, when pressured by Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, that they could actually probably complete the construction of Phase II for a billion bucks less than they said. A billion is about $1,000 per resident of Fairfax County.)