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asm this year one thing which may have helped murray was that he had mike lane running his campaign mike was the last republican elected in arlington county and his successful campaign was the last virginia campaign i worked on we won a special for county board in april 1999 largely on our get out the vote gotv operation mike knows a lot about gotv and my sense is that s what put his candidate over the top while matthew won arlington and alexandria murray racked up big margins in the falls church city and the fairfax county portions of the district murray may owe some of his margin to efforts in some socially conservative evangelical churches to encourage their parishioners to vote against the gay candidate matthew did run a great campaign and it must be heartbreaking to lose so narrowly my thoughts are with that good man at this difficult time comments 10 liveblogging the berry murray debate posted by b daniel blatt at 8 10 pm may 26 2010 filed under 2010 elections virginia politics here am i in the nreca center where i used to attend arlington county republican committee meetings and after some audio difficulties the debate is about to begin does this moderator know what he s doing he forget to ask the candidate who won the coin toss murray to deliver his opening statement and thought it was time for questions now murray is speaking reminding us of the election of mike lane to the arlington country board the last republican to win election in this jurisdiction and the last campaign on which i worked in the commonwealth he s telling us about the 151 precincts in this district and talking about his momentum he says send me to congress and we ll spend within our means his delivery is kind of flat kind of well very flat matthew rises to speak thanking us for coming out he is far more animated than his rival salutes the republican jewish coalition the lead sponsor of this event saying if there s one group that jim moran wouldn t like he says he decided to run to give the 8th district the kind of campaign it hasn t had he says what he s going to do end tarp returning the money to the taxpayer end earmarks he says he comes from three generations of entrepreneurs reminding us what his father said about the worst words he could here i m from the government i m here to help you he says he ll cut the corporate tax rate and oppose card check interestingly he s not distinguishing himself from his republican rival but instead showing how he differs from the democrat he s going to beat in november much more specific than his rival and the applause was far more sustained more comments 1 rank and file republicans rally around gay conservative posted by b daniel blatt at 5 47 pm may 23 2010 filed under 2010 elections virginia politics the prejudiced views of the chattering classes notwithstanding rank and file republicans in northern virginia are willing to back a gay conservative vying for the gop nomination to take on a corrupt and entrenched opponent at the 8th district virginia republican convention yesterday gaypatriot endorsed candidate matthew berry won a straw poll defeating his republican rival by a margin of 69 to 31 and please note the republicans who turn out for such gatherings tend to be more conservative than the average gop voter according to the campaign saturday s win comes on the heels of yesterday s announcement that the matthew berry for congress campaign has been officially named to the on the radar tier of the national republican congressional committee s young guns program this program works closely with republican campaigns in hotly contested races across the country to elevate them from good to great to victory this all goes to show that rank and file republicans are willing to support a gay candidate provided he s sound on the issues as is matthew a principled conservative matthew seeks to hold the line on federal spending indeed in reducing the size and scope of government at all levels join me in supporting his campaign click here to make a donation comments 16 gop governor in virginia signs life insurance bill benefiting gays posted by b daniel blatt at 2 54 pm may 2 2010 filed under freedom gay america virginia politics thanks to a bill passed by the republican house of delegates democratic state senate and signed into law by the republican governor life just improved for gay people in the commonwealth of virginia and all without spending one dime of taxpayer money or limiting the freedom of private enterprise indeed this law expands their freedom allowing companies to offer a greater range of benefits previously state law permitted virginia residents to take out group life insurance coverage only for a legal spouse or a child under age 25 but the new statute which takes effect july 1 broadens that group of people to include anyone with whom a virginia resident has a substantial and economic interest including a same sex partner a republican delegate tom rust of fairfax served as this bill s patron strikingly previous versions of the bill allowed virginia residents to designate someone from any other class of persons they wanted as a life insurance beneficiary while the enacted version changes this language to any other person with whom the insured group member has an insurable interest the legislation notably failed in the two previous sessions when there were a greater number of democratic lawmakers in the general assembly and a democratic governor it passed during the administration of a republican governor who s not considered gay friendl y emphasis added whether or not governor bob mcdonnell is gay friendly or not he does appear to be freedom friendly this elimination of a regulation benefits a lot of people gays in particular gay men and lesbians in the old dominion can now take out policies benefiting their partner we don t need gay friendly governors to improve life for gay people we just need governors who are opposed to laws which limit our freedom so let s hope legislators in other states follow the lead of the virginia counterparts and eliminate those laws which limit the freedom of people to enter into contracts gay rights then would not be gay rights per se but just rights getting the government out of our way so we can live our lives as we choose related on equal rights equality one means eliminating bad laws the other enacts new ones comments 42 money bomb for matthew berry posted by b daniel blatt at 6 48 pm april 29 2010 filed under 2010 elections noble republicans virginia politics over at on the right in virginia garrett watson has launched a money bomb for matthew berry matthew is the first candidate this blog endorsed in the 2010 elections openly gay and fiscally conservative this smart young man clerked for justice clarence thomas and is running against jim moran one of only 15 house members to vote this past tuesday to raise his own pay so instead of supporting a congressman who wants to increase the federal debt by raising his own salary join me in helping fill the coffers of berry s campaign so he can amplify his conservative message in a very blue district in northern virginia comments 3 the berry test will gop voters support gay republican candidate solid on tea party issues posted by b daniel blatt at 11 46 am february 1 2010 filed under 2010 elections conservative ideas republican resolve rebuilding tea party virginia politics the campaign of matthew berry released this morning an internal poll which showed that good man within striking distance of 10 term democrat jim moran in one of the least republican districts in virginia the internal poll conducted by the tarrance group find that only 38 of likely voters believe moran deserves to be reelected in november while the plurality of likely voters 40 believe that it is time to give someone new a chance the poll also reveals that matthew berry is the republican candidate who can beat jim moran when matthew berry s background and experience are described to voters as well as moran s experience and record the race is within the margin of error 41 for matthew berry and 44 for incumbent jim moran with a significant 16 remaining undecided i ve known matthew for about fourteen years he is a solid conservative with strong libertarian inclinations as i wrote in my endorsement he knows that with less federal regulation industry can more readily prosper leading to a better and cheaper products a more efficient delivery of services and more rapid creation of jobs not just that he knows as he has written on his campaign website that the current explosion of government spending and debt is not sustainable and imperils our nation s future and he has been a strong voice against obama reid pelosicare opposing greater government control over health care instead he has put forward a 5 point plan for health care reform favoring policies which reduce government intervention in this growing sector of our economy and do not impose additional costs or mandates on the american people in short he s solid on tea party issues he is thus easily distinguishable from dede scozzafava who supported the stimulus and backed card check some in the media claimed conservatives deserted dede in droves because she was good on gay issues supporting for example state recognition of same sex marriage they wanted to paint a picture of republicans obsessed with social issues and disinterested in small government matters back then i speculated that most conservatives would have stuck with the republican nominee in ny 23 despite her stand on gay marriage had she been solid on fiscal issues as well now in virginia s eighth congressional districts conservatives have a chance to show that fiscal issues are their real concern by backing a candidate who comes from the ronald reagan wing of the party but who happens to be gay let us hope northern virginia conservatives look to matthew s positions on the issues central to our party s rank and file he s a good man who is not a newcomer to the idea of small government he has long known why they re good for our country once in office he won t flinch you can support this small government republican by joining me in contributing to his campaign comments 8 berry faults moran for hypocrisy on campaign finance 10 term democrat steers earmarks to campaign donors posted by b daniel blatt at 1 54 am january 22 2010 filed under 2010 elections big government follies congress 111th liberal hypocrisy pork barrel politics virginia politics the first candidate we endorsed in the 2010 election cycle matthew berry is on a tear against his democratic opponent jim moran quite possibly one of the most corrupt men in congress old dominion watchdog whose mission it is to investigate and inform the public about waste fraud abuse ethical questions and safety concerns involving the use of taxpayer dollars confirmed matthew s allegations against the 10 term democrat m ore than 20 percent of moran s 396 952 in donations last year came from political action committees and lobbyists of companies to whom he s directed earmarks in total moran has received 82 700 total from these committees and individuals according to federal election commission reports mobilvox inc tops the list of donors contributing 8 300 to moran and receiving a 2 million earmark berry is also correct that moran requested earmarks for donors totaling more than 50 million the largest earmark requests were 3 million each requested for em solutions inc argon st and ddl omni engineering all of the earmarks given to donors of moran were defense appropriations despite these takings moran had the gall to criticize the u s supreme court s decision in citizens united v federal elections commission the career politician claimed the decision would allow corporations to drown out the voices of average americans and berry was quick to call moran s rhetora smokescreen hiding his support of lobbyists and special interest given that jim moran funds his campaigns in large part through donations from executives political action committees and lobbyists of companies to which he directs earmarks it takes true chutzpah for him to criticize the u s supreme court s decision on the grounds that it will allow corporations to drown out the voices of average americans in jim moran s office corporations drowned out the voices of average americans long ago if jim moran were truly concerned about the corrupting influence of corporate money he would immediately announce that he will stop requesting earmarks on behalf of his campaign contributors comments 4 matthew berry for congress posted by b daniel blatt at 4 36 pm december 14 2009 filed under 2010 elections conservative ideas republican resolve rebuilding virginia politics while i have been outspoken in my support of carly fiorina s bid for the united states senate this blog has yet to endorse either of the two republican candidates vying for the opportunity to take on one of the senate s most liberal and ineffective members in the contest for virginia s eighth congressional district however we here at gaypatriot are now prepared to make our first endorsement in the 2010 elections supporting a principled conservative who happens to be openly gay to defeat one of the house s most liberal and ineffective members that is if you don t count how effective he has been in sucking up campaign cash in exchange for political favors along with his fellow democrats john murtha and pete visclosky jim moran the incumbent in that district received hefty campaign contributions from lobbying firm pma and its clients and who approved millions of dollars in earmarks for those companies matthew berry is a far different sort of man than this corrupt democrat unlike moran berry sees politics are an arena in which to promote his ideas rather than an environment in which to enrich himself i have known matthew for nearly fourteen years and in that time have been impressed with his intellect and ideas he has long believed in the principles of small government not just on their philosophic merit but also for their practical benefit he knows that with less federal regulation industry can more readily prosper leading to a better and cheaper products a more efficient delivery of services and more rapid creation of jobs matthew also knows as he has written on his campaign website that the current explosion of government spending and debt is not sustainable and imperils our nation s future and he has been a strong voice against obama reid pelosicare opposing greater government control over health care instead he has put forward a 5 point plan for health care reform favoring policies which reduce government intervention in this growing sector of our economy and do not impose additional costs or mandates on the american people nor do they deprive senior citizens of medicare benefits in short matthew berry is running the kind of campaign we hope republicans will be running across the country i...