I can't vote for him; so I'll blog for him

Greeting from Spotsylvania County, halfway between Richmond and Washington, DC.

Some of you might wonder what a Fredericksburg area blogger is doing over here. After all, the 24th is not my district. However, such thinking would be shortsighted. Emmett Hanger may not represent me (lots of folks in the 24th would say he doesn't represent them either, but I digress), but he certainly raised my taxes in 2004, and has repeatedly made clear he'd raise them again. So while I do not vote in the 24th District, I certainly have an interest in the outcome of this primary. That's why I support Scott Sayre from afar.

That said, as a non-Valley resident, I am truly and deeply honored to be a part of this blog. This is a statewide battle we face within the Republican Party between those of us who believe in limited government and those - like Hanger - who do not. We had a similar donnybrook two years ago in my House of Delegates district (the 54th), and came up just short. I'm confident in a different outcome in the 24th, and I'm more than happy to do what I can to help bring it about.