Jeff Frederick

    Jeff Frederick Should Go Away Quietly. Bob McDonnell Must Offer Up A Conservative Alternative.

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 7th at 09:51 AM  | 

    I have taken a special interest in the Republican Party of Virginia’s Chairman controversy. Let me tell you why. I moved to Macon, Georgia in 1993, to attend Mercer University. I had been politically active, but despite a conservative leaning campus there were no outlets for politics on campus. Consequently, I started the College Republicans at Mercer. A couple of years in, the University of | Read More »

    Shaun Kenney for Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 16th at 08:00 AM  | 

    On Friday the Directors of this site called on the Republican Party of Virginia to boot RPV Chairman Jeff Frederick. We understand the reasons the conservative grassroots have stuck with Jeff. The moderates and liberals in the Virginia GOP have degraded the party, created internal infighting that has decimated the party’s power in the state, screwed the conservatives, raised taxes, collaborated and conspired with the | Read More »

    Virginia’s Congressional Republicans Unite to Call for Jeff Frederick’s Ouster

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 14th at 09:31 AM  | 

    Wow. All five of Virginia’s Republican members of Congress have joined the call for state party chairman Jeff Frederick’s exit. . . . U.S. Reps. Randy Forbes, Frank Wolf, Rob Wittman, Bob Goodlatte and the second-ranking Republican in the House, Eric Cantor, signed the letter. They join the Virginia Senate GOP’s caucus and Bob McDonnell. Now here is the problem: the conservatives in the Virginia | Read More »

    Jeff Frederick Must Go

    By: The Directors (Diary)  |  March 13th at 03:02 PM  | 

    “Frederick … has done what no one thought possible — he has driven the Republican Party of Virginia further off the road.” There is an election in Virginia this year for Governor. For the past eight years, the Governor’s Mansion has been in Democratic hands and the state has drifted left. This year, the Republican Party of Virginia is united around a gubernatorial candidate, Bob | Read More »