U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, Democratic candidate for president, and former Gov. Mark Warner, a candidate for U.S. Senate, will participate in a town hall meeting Wednesday in Martinsville, Obama’s campaign announced.
The session, which is only open to those with an invitation, will be “with workers and families who have been impacted by the failed trade policies of the Bush Administration,” according to an Obama campaign news release.
The forum comes less than a week before the start of the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 25 where Obama is expected to formally be declared the party’s presidential nominee.
Warner, who is running against former Gov. Jim Gilmore for the Senate post, is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech at the convention on Aug. 26.
Obama has not made public his choice to be his vice presidential running mate. Among those mention for the post is Gov. Timothy M. Kaine.
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I live in NC.
how?
How do you become a registered anything in VA?
oh, e.l.
"we will have 8 years to fix your party's mistakes and there are ALOT of them!"
I am a registered democrat. The biggest mistake my party made was introducing Obama.
Thanks for being another us vs. them partisan. Your no friend of mine. See you in November honey bun.
obama's visit
Maybe Obama's visit is to tap Kaine as his running mate.
Oh Ira....
your blind faith in our current bad leadership has you so jaded. The only crushing you will se is when the dems take the Presidency AND Congress, you know it and I know it. And frankly it is about time, we will have 8 years to fix your party's mistakes and there are ALOT of them! The Obama era is coming, hold on tight this will be great!
Shallow end of the pool
I know Obama supporters like him because it is sort of like tv. You know...like a sitcom or cartoons. The reality of the situation does not seem to enter their minds. I hope to be writing in November after he is crushed in the national election.
This is the most powerful postion in the world. Only a person who withholds critical thinking form their thought process could be so commited to this candidate with the information available. While I feel he will lose, the sad thing is that the movie Idiocracy seems to be nearing reality.
What a scam!
It is beyond me how people in this country, in this case Virginia, can't see the scam the Dems are pulling on this country. "B.O.'s coming to Virginia" big deal! As soon as I read "The session, which is only open to those with an invitation, will be “with workers and families who have been impacted by the failed trade policies of the Bush Administration,” That was enough for me. They have scheduled a meeting with people that are going to say what they want them to say. I wouldn't be surprised if B.O. backers haven't alreayd met with these folks to choreograph the meeting. The Dems stand for higher taxes. I'm not a tax professional but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out, higher taxes, lost jobs. What are people thinking?
I can't wait to hear what's going to come out of this meeting. All these people want is a government handout.
You Can't Even Trust The Word of A Preacher!
Now they're saying that Mclame wasn't even in the building (or the "Cone of Silence") at 8:00 when Obama's questioning started. You can't even trust a preacher on his word and now I know why McCain started answering the questions BEFORE they were completely asked, disgusting.
To top it off, most of McCain's answers wer "militaristic" in nature. I guess his answer to everything is to "Hunt it down and kill it". You know, How many crisis have we been told "We will defeat it"? You can't defeat an idology, which is what the Al Quida terrorists have. Someone will always carry the banner. However, you can eliminate some of the people that are spreading the idology by using small teams of special forces.
If you want to learn what this country really needs read "The Limits of Power" by Andrew Bacevich.
How did Obama and McCain do at Saddleback Church?
Nary a mention of that in the VP.
Fire Fighter's Are For Obama
IAFF Endorsment for Obama: http://www.firefightersforobama.com/index.cfm?Section=16&PageNum=130
big deal!
obamanation,it's a fad which will soon go by the way side this november,yea what about bob barr,why no hype,it's a word in which all libs will tremble,constitutionalist!it stikes the fear of god into everyone of the big socialist plan type of people.
Why no Barr?
He is not a player. That is why there is no reporting on him.
He needs to come to Suffolk
He can be the keynote speaker at the Shrimp Feast.
who
who is he? Is he important?
So what!!!!!!!
Virginia Pilot's next headline - "Obama Sneezed Today and the World Stopped to say Bless You".
Please stop with the senseless worship of this guy. If Obama want's Virginia to know that he is visiting, then he can send letters to his supporters. Virginia Pilot needs to focus on real news.
What about Bob Barr's itinerary? When are you going to print that???
Invitation only
No need to squak about Obama when it comes to an invitation only fund raiser. Repubs have done the same thing. Must be those pesky people that agree with them also.
Wow you guys must HATE yourselves
Obama has this pretty much locked up, and we would like to thank all of you. Without the GOP and their supporters we couldnt have done this. Remember your blind faith in bad leadership the next time you get your chance, you will have about 8 years to think it over!
All that needs to be said means absolutely nothing
The only poll that counts is election day, November 4, 2008. If it's all about the money and polls to you, enjoy! You've had a lot to digest for the last two (long) years. November can't come soon enough....
Who are these...
Who are these invitation only people? Seems to me that they would "only" be people that agree with NObama on his lame empty stances and blind rhetoric. NObama, NObama stay away, come again some other day.
All that needs to be said
Obama 47 percent
McCain 41 percent
CHICAGO - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised more than $51 million in July, his campaign said Saturday, nearly double that of his Republican rival, John McCain.
The Obama campaign received contributions from 65,000 new donors, it said, and a total of more than two million people have contributed.
Don't mind the usual cast of right wingnuts here. They've been irritable since November 06.