Campaign Evaluation: Dick Black (U.S. House, VA-10) - campaign ended

[Bryan]

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Candidate Name: Dick Black
Office Sought: U.S. House
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Candidate Profile: On the Issues
Civil Liberties: [Rating TBD]
Constitutional Issues: [Rating TBD]
Economic Issues: [Rating TBD]
Foreign Policy: [Rating TBD]
Social Issues: [Rating TBD]
Overall Issues Rating: [Rating TBD]

Race Profile: Competition & Demographics
State: Virginia
District: 10
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Relevant poll numbers: None.
Overall Race Profile Rating: [Rating TBD]

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[compromise]

Left wing MSM have already destroyed him: http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/gop-congressional-candidate-richard-dick-black-spousal-rape-not-a-crime

[Tillett4Liberty]

Dick Black (a Vietnam combat veteran) is a staunch non-interventionist. I met with him a few weeks ago, and we discussed at great length the immorality and unconstitutionality of undeclared wars of aggression, the misguided policy of regime change, and the idiocy of the recent trend of siding with Al Qaeda in the interest of that regime change. On that issue, he's our man, no doubt - and with the credentials to back up his stance.
See: http://www.dickblack4senate.com/my-position-on-syria.html

Dick has been a bit of a standardbearer for social conservatism at the state level, but would likely refocus on fiscal, civil liberties, and foreign policy issues were he elected to Congress. I would expect him to vote as a conservative on those issues, were they to come up, but I wouldn't expect social issues to be the defining position of his congressional legacy.

As far as campaign factoids: This is an open-seat nomination contest, as the incumbent Republican Rep. Frank Wolf is retiring (thank heaven). The only other declared candidate right now is State Delegate Barbara Comstock. She ain't a liberty candidate, let's just put it that way. Not the spawn of Satan, but not much good. There are other names being rumored to enter, but no official announcements yet.

The nomination contest will be a district-wide convention, NOT a primary.

[compromise]

Dick Black (a Vietnam combat veteran) is a staunch non-interventionist. I met with him a few weeks ago, and we discussed at great length the immorality and unconstitutionality of undeclared wars of aggression, the misguided policy of regime change, and the idiocy of the recent trend of siding with Al Qaeda in the interest of that regime change. On that issue, he's our man, no doubt - and with the credentials to back up his stance.
See: http://www.dickblack4senate.com/my-position-on-syria.html

Dick has been a bit of a standardbearer for social conservatism at the state level, but would likely refocus on fiscal, civil liberties, and foreign policy issues were he elected to Congress. I would expect him to vote as a conservative on those issues, were they to come up, but I wouldn't expect social issues to be the defining position of his congressional legacy.

As far as campaign factoids: This is an open-seat nomination contest, as the incumbent Republican Rep. Frank Wolf is retiring (thank heaven). The only other declared candidate right now is State Delegate Barbara Comstock. She ain't a liberty candidate, let's just put it that way. Not the spawn of Satan, but not much good. There are other names being rumored to enter, but no official announcements yet.

The nomination contest will be a district-wide convention, NOT a primary.

The district is R+2. Are you sure Black can win this?

[Mr.NoSmile]

Left wing MSM have already destroyed him: http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/gop-congressional-candidate-richard-dick-black-spousal-rape-not-a-crime


"Think of yourself at 25," Black told a newspaper in 1996. "Wouldn't you love to have a group of 19-year-old girls under your control, day in, day out?"

Wow. Saying that takes a special kind of stupid.

[CG1976]

Needs help with writing, that's for sure. With his name, he should be wise enough to avoid sentences that sound like euphemisms.

[pulp8721]

He's out: http://atr.rollcall.com/republican-drops-bid-for-wolfs-seat-in-virginia/

Looks like he didn't want to risk a democrat picking up his state senate seat.

[cjm]

He's out: http://atr.rollcall.com/republican-drops-bid-for-wolfs-seat-in-virginia/

Looks like he didn't want to risk a democrat picking up his state senate seat.

Possible new candidate for the 10th: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?443698-Campaign-Evaluation-Bob-Marshall-%28US-House-VA-10%29