Over the next few week West Virginia Watchdog will be posting interviews with the Congressional candidates in West Virginia‘s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd districts. Democrat Alan Mollohan, the longtime 1st District Congressman, has several Republicans running to defeat him, but none carry the amount of accomplishments and respect as Republican David McKinley. An architect with [...]

GOP luring coalfield workers  – State News – Charleston Daily Mail – West Virginia News and Sports – Democrats in West Virginia‘s southern coalfields have for years been more conservative than the rest of their party, but lately some have been leaving the party altogether. In the past year, 371 coalfield Democrats became Republicans, according [...]

After reading the blogs of Stephen Kruiser and my friend Ed Morrissey of Hot Air, I don’t think I’ll have anything to do with the American Conservative Union or their CPAC conferences. If what happened at Western CPAC is the norm for ACU, then the conservative movement needs to drop them like they’re hot (see [...]

Watch  former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speak to the West Liberty Economic Club Oct. 16, 2009,  at the Capitol Theater in Wheeling, W.Va. The Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia (my employers), in conjunction with the Government Policy Research Center at West Liberty University and BB&T, were the sponsors. A crowd of just over 1,000 [...]

Image via Wikipedia Gingrich Speaks Today – News, Sports, Jobs – The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register The way Elgine McArdle sees it, national Republican leaders like Newt Gingrich need to help local officials rekindle the Grand Old Party’s resurgence. Gingrich, who served as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from January 1995 to January [...]

The Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia (my employers), in conjunction with the Government Policy Research Center at West Liberty University and BB&T, are sponsoring former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., as a speaker at the next meeting of the West Liberty Economic Club. The event takes place at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, [...]

Hello weekend readers, Steven Allen Adams reporting live from bloggers row at the Americans for Prosperity Defending the American Dream Summit at the Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel in Arlington, Va. AFP President Tim Phillips is giving the introduction and there are a ton of great speakers lined up, including: Newt Gingrich, John Fund, Steve Moore, [...]

Just a few programming notes. Posting will be light today because I’m traveling to Washington D.C. for the Americans for Prosperity Defending the American Dream Summit. Confirmed speakers include: Larry Kudlow Hon. Newt Gingrich Laura Ingraham Hugh Hewitt Sen. Jim DeMint Rep. Mike Pence Rep. Michelle Bachmann Rep. John Shadegg Rep. Paul Ryan Herman Cain [...]