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My pastor told me to search for this clip on Youtube--I was absolutely stunned. It's a Youtube clip from a show called Britain's Got Talent, Simon is one of the judges. I hope you are as amazed by this as I am. Paul Potts

First, RINO Potts...now Chichester. We must be doing something right..... News Release – March 12, 2007 Statement of Senator John H. Chichester News Release – March 12, 2007 Statement of Senator John H. Chichester As I stand at the beginning of my 29th year in the Virginia Senate, it is time to reflect both on the months ahead and on the years gone by. Those years, each and every one of them, carry unique memories. But collectively, they represent a time in my life of unparalleled honor – honor to represent the citizens of the 28th Senatorial district. I will...

Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee went on record for the first time in its history in opposition to giving parents in Virginia the freedom to choose the most suitable education environment for their children. In past years, any school choice legislation presented to this committee was killed without a vote. In fact, the bill had never received a motion for any action at all. But yesterday, to the apparent dismay of several Republican members of the committee, Democrats Dick Salsaw (D-35, Springfield) and Janet Howell (D-32, Reston) motioned for the bill to be "Passed by indefinitely" or defeated, forcing a...

The thought of Maggie, his beloved golden retriever, spending her days alone at home is almost more than H. Russell Potts can bear. “Maggie is not doing well with this,” he said, wiping a tear from behind his glasses. “She’s a very unhappy camper.” But these are heady times in Virginia politics, and if Potts is asking Virginia voters to sacrifice, then so must Maggie. The state senator from Winchester is on a quest to become the first i ndependent elected as Virginia governor. He knows it’s a long shot. And his message doesn’t ease the odds. Potts wants to...

Three weeks from Election Day and a turn in the polls as Democrat Tim Kaine for the first time takes the lead in our exclusive SurveyUSA tracking poll. The statewide poll, taken of 750 Virginians over the weekend, shows Kaine leading with 47% of the vote. Republican Jerry Kilgore has 45%. Trailing far behind is independent candidate Russ Potts with 4%. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.7%, meaning the race is a statistical dead heat. But our tracking does show a steady climb for Kaine. In March and June Kilgore was ahead by 10 points. By...

There's always a dispute over whether the elections held one year after a presidential election are politically significant. You can argue it both ways, and once you know the results, you can pretty well guess which way each party will argue. Still, it's worth taking a look at them, for voters will be choosing the mayor of the nation's largest city, the governor with the greatest institutional power (in New Jersey), and the governor whose jurisdiction includes Washington, D.C.'s Northern Virginia suburbs. Also, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger put several propositions on the California ballot. If passed, they will significantly reduce...

Governor, VA 8/10/2005 Kilgore (R) - 48% Kaine (D) - 43% Potts (I) - 3% Other/Undecided - 7% Data Collected 8/6/05 - 8/8/05 State of Virginia 568 Likely Voters Margin of Error - 4.2%

The latest Rasmussen Reports survey in Virginia finds that Republican Jerry Kilgore still leads Democrat Tim Kaine by six percentage points in the Governor's race. That margin has held steady for three consecutive surveys.The August survey finds Kilgore leading Kaine 45% to 39%. Five percent (5%) of voters say they will vote for some other candidate.State Senator Russell Potts is running as a third option for voters. His name was not included in the survey. Instead, voters were given the option of supporting "some other candidate."Rasmussen Reports believes that this approach produces a more reliable measure of support for minor...

August 4, 2005--The latest Rasmussen Reports survey in Virginia finds that Republican Jerry Kilgore still leads Democrat Tim Kaine by six percentage points in the Governor's race. That margin has held steady for three consecutive surveys. The August survey finds Kilgore leading Kaine 45% to 39%. Five percent (5%) of voters say they will vote for some other candidate. State Senator Russell Potts is running as a third option for voters. His name was not included in the survey. Instead, voters were given the option of supporting "some other candidate." Rasmussen Reports believes that this approach produces a more reliable...

From the article: >>>Virginia’s gubernatorial race appears to be a squeaker, with Democrat Tim Kaine holding a slight edge over Republican Jerry Kilgore, according to a Mason-Dixon poll. With the election less than four months away, the poll found Kaine with 38 percent of likely voters and Kilgore with 37 percent. Last September Kaine, the lieutenant governor, trailed Kilgore, a Scott County native and former attorney general, by 5 percentage points. "It does confirm a couple of things we’ve been seeing and we’ve been saying: The more people get to know Tim Kaine and his role in budget reform and...

Weekly wrap-up of Virginia Campaign New. Post 'em if you got em... April 11, 2005 ThreadApril 18, 2005 Thread SundayMoney flows for Kaine, Kilgore Quest to become next governor is costing a chunk of change by Pamela StallsmithDemocrat Timothy M. Kaine and Republican Jerry W. Kilgore are raising record amounts of money in their gubernatorial quests, but they're also spending huge chunks of it. Corin's comment: Remember that a HUGE chunk of Timmy's change came from the Scream Machine (DNC). To help Jerry out go to Jerry Kilgore for Governor. Also from SundayGOP candidates for No. 2 office debate by...

Conservative Republicans in the Virginia Senate yesterday failed to strip breakaway Republican H. Russell Potts Jr. of his committee assignments as punishment for his independent bid for governor. Potts, a curmudgeonly Winchester sports promoter elected in 1991, survived on a procedural ruling by the GOP-controlled Senate's president, Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, the likely Democratic nominee for governor.

When Sen. H. Russell Potts Jr. announced last month that he would run for governor of Virginia as an "independent Republican," challenging the party's nominee for the job, he said he remained as much a part of the Republican family as his father before him. This week, a Republican committee chaired decades ago by Potts's father formally disowned him. In a unanimous vote Monday evening, the Winchester City Republican Committee declared that it no longer recognizes Potts as a member and called on him to resign his Senate seat. Across the state, the Republican Party apparatus is working to formally...

The conspiracy theorists have been having a field day with the report in the Feb. 25 edition of The Hartford Courant that offered up details into how Virginia Democratic Gov. Mark Warner apparently helped to introduce independent gubernatorial candidate Russ Potts to former independent Connecticut governor Lowell Weicker and indirectly to senior campaign consultant Thomas D'Amore. Will the news that Potts and Warner have both refuted the Courant report have the expected cooling effect on the punditry? "I initiated the call to Gov. Weicker. That's how it happened," Potts told The Augusta Free Press on Thursday. "The governor's recollection of...

While many area politicos had their eyes and ears pinned on Sen. H. Russell Potts Jr. Friday, two political hopefuls announced interest in seeking his 27th District Senate seat. Jill Holtzman Vogel of Warrenton and Phillip S. Griffin II of Winchester announced the creation of exploratory committees to examine a run for the state Senate seat that Potts would vacate if elected governor. Potts’s Senate term expires in 2007. But if the Virginia Republican Party has its way, a race to fill his seat could come much sooner. After Potts announced his run for governor as a “independent Republican,” Virginia...

RICHMOND, Feb. 25 -- Sen. H. Russell Potts Jr. (R-Winchester) announced Friday that he is running for Virginia governor as an "independent Republican" and will mount a populist, pro-investment campaign against the two major party candidates. Potts, a senator for 14 years, said that he remains faithful to the principles of his party but that the GOP's rightward drift has put it out of line with the thinking of most Virginians. "I believe that Virginia is a moderate, middle-of-the-road state," said Potts, 65. "That's where I am." He vowed to turn back one of the most popular political promises in...

A Republican state senator considering an independent run for governor has hired a top adviser to the ex-Republican who became Connecticut's independent governor in 1990. Sen. H. Russell Potts Jr., R-Winchester, has signed Thomas J. D'Amore Jr., one-time chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party and former chief of staff to then-Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. In retaining D'Amore, Potts now widely viewed as a moderate -- edges closer to potentially breaking with his party, which he has criticized for what he described yesterday as its "flat-Earth policy."

I got an invite for the "Republican Majority for Choice Big Tent Celebration" during the RNC Convention in NYC. There were the usual suspects...Gov Pataki, Mayor Bloomberg, Ric Lazio, Christine Todd Whitman, Senators Chaffee, Collins, Snow, Collins, Stevens.... But then I saw Senator John Warner and VA Senator Russell Potts listed as Honorees. Very sad to see VA Republicans sell out to the murder of abortions......