The Republican Party of Virginia is a client.  My company, in partnership with Victory Solutions, provided VOIP phones for 9 of the Victory Centers in VA.  We are going out next week to install 9 more.  A little promo below:

While I'm out there, I hope to stop by and see my other VA clients- Rich Anderson (website, email), Tim Nank (website, email), Ed Scott (website), Jim LeMunyon (email), and Virginia HRCC (intranet). 

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We've been working with online strategist extraordinaire Rob Willington on a few projects- including the campaign of State Senator Scott Brown to replace the late US Senator Ted Kennedy.

Together with Rob and the folks at Minuteman Strategy we've developed the campaign site for Brown.  See below:

His campaign is awfully exciting, presenting the best opportunity in a decade (probably since Mitt Romney nearly defeated Ted Kennedy in 2004) for Republicans to take a US Senate seat in MA.  The special election is in early January with the Primary in December.  Four Democrats are locked in a death match for the December Primary, leaving only 5 weeks after it to focus on winning in January.  Brown is one of very few successful and popular Republicans in the state and is in a good place to win. 

So we are enthusiastic about the opportunity to work with him AND the opportunity to seat one more Republican Senator in DC.  

I hope you're just as enthusiastic.  Why don't you consider a donation?

"I urge you to oppose any legislation that imposes greater government control over my health care that would mean fewer choices for me and my family and even deny treatments to those in need. Congress must not let government get between my family and my doctor. Please protect patient freedom and expand our health care options with real reforms – focused on patients, not on politics.”

Indiana schedule:

Republican Scott Schneider’s election tonight to replace Teresa Lubbers in the seat she vacated in the state Senate is a victory for the far right.

He joins a growing list of right wingers to replace moderate Republicans in the state Senate in recent years.  Mike Delph took over for Murray Clark, Greg Walker took over for Bob Garton, Brent Waltz replaced Larry Borst, Jim Buck took over from Steve Johnson, you get the idea.

The Republicans hold a 33-to-17 majority in the Senate and will lose it, in all likliehood, only if they become too extreme.  They are headed that direction.

It may have been 230 years ago, but we were once like the Iranians- protesting the dictatorial actions off a "king" who understood little about our daily lives.  Gutsy Americans like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and others risked everything (even their lives) for our freedom.  In the same way, Jefferson's and Washington's are protesting in the streets today.

However, we've reacted with a collective yawn.  The Obama administration has merely expressed that he's appalled and outraged.  That's virtual approval for their behavior in foreign affairs speak.  There's not even a UN resolution proposed (the usual place for Democrat Presidents to run and hide).

I am encouraged, however, that Rep. Dan Burton is willing to stand for them.

"To date, Iran has ignored the calls of the international community to stop its nuclear enrichment program.  Because of this, I believe it is necessary to put more pressure on the Iranian regime by expanding the 1996 sanctions.

"Chairman Berman has introduced HR 2194, the Iran Petroleum Sanctions Act, and it currently has 238 cosponsors - enough to achieve passage in the House.  However, it is my opinion that this bipartisan legislation has been shelved largely because of President Obama's desire to take a softer stance toward Iran.  Even so, I believe the position of the United States should be clear when it comes to oppressive regimes developing a nuclear arsenal and antagonizing our allies.

"I hope every current cosponsor of these expanded sanctions against Iran joins me in signing this discharge petition so that the House can send a clear and unified message to the Iranian regime - we will not tolerate their continued threats against Israel, and we will not accommodate their pursuit of nuclear weapons."

Background on the process for this discharge petition:

H.R. 2194, the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, was introduced on April 30, 2009, by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman.

Although H.R. 2194 has garnered 238 cosponsors, the bill has not moved from the Foreign Affairs Committee.  In order to circumvent the Committee markup process, Rep. Dan Burton introduced H. Res. 460 on May 20, 2009, to the House Rules Committee.  H. Res. 460 provides for the consideration of H.R. 2194.

After waiting for the requisite 30 days of Committee inaction to pass, Rep. Burton has petitioned to discharge H. Res. 460 from the Rules Committee.  If 218 Members sign the petition, Rep. Burton can then bring it to the House for consideration.  Assuming all 218 signatories vote for H. Res. 460, then H.R. 2194 would be brought to the House floor for a vote, and all 238 cosponsors and other supporting Members would have the opportunity to vote for expanding sanctions on Iran without further interference from House Committees.