[deaconjim]

This is a good thing. Now I can vote in the Republican primary. I will pledge to vote for a conservative in the General election, and as long as the Republican nominee is a conservative, I'll vote Republican.

[Cheapskate]

My hunch is that bit was an attempt to take away some Ron Paul votes.

[cripplecreek]

Yep I’m a conservative who tends to vote republican not the other way around.

[Man50D]

“The State Central Committee was very clear about including all Virginia registered voters that share our values and believe in the principles of the Republican Party of Virginia,” stated RPV Chairman John Hager

Are those values and principles the same as fellow Republican Rudy Giuliani's?

[org.whodat]

The Republican Party of Virginia State Central Committee having shot themselves in the foot and got a few ricochets to the butt decided to undo something stupid.

[oldbill]

A big reason why Virgina is going from Red to Blue is that the Republican state party leadership, like the national party leadership at the RNC, is run by RINOs, as are some of the big population areas like Fairfax County and Virginia Beach.

These elites are totally removed from the overwhelmingly conservative Republican voters and Reagan Democrats. Two examples are these elites’ stand on taxes and illegal immigration. Their obstruction to legislation directed to these two issues really turned off the voters in 2006 and this year.

It’s hard to get voter turnout or campaign cash when your own party is calling you a bigot and unwilling to help poor people. Most of the successful candidates now run their own campaigns and ignore the party hierarchy.

Bad news is that these people are pretty entrenched, so ther’s not much hope for change in the next several elections. But these clowns are well liked by the Washington Post.