Virginia remains a tossup state in this year's presidential race, the national manager for Democrat Barack Obama's campaign said Friday.
"It's a dead heat now, and I think it will be a dead heat right up to Election Day," David Plouffe, Obama's national campaign manager, said during a telephone press conference.
Plouffe said the campaign has made progress in registering new voters who are minorities or under 25 and likely to back Obama. The Democrat has made numerous appearances in Virginia over the past four weeks.
Virginia hasn't backed a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964. A poll released by CNN this week showed Republican John McCain leading Obama in Virginia, 49 percent to 43 percent. The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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Would you vote Sarah Palin for president?
I sure as heck would not. McCain is 72 years old, and not in th best of health. God forbid anything happen to him, and we will have Palin as president. Is that what you honetly want????
Re-Elect No One Says Reno, Except for McBush
FYI, Myra has served this community honorably unless you buy into the Nazi style attack from BO on Fox. I suppose she doesn't carry enough weapons (ala Palin) to satisfy you. She hasn't killed any moose that I know of. She has however, represented just about as many constituents as Sarah (mocking the women's movement) Palin. While I admire Myra, I don't want her to be VP either.
why do you support mccain/palin?
I'm curious!
CNN confirmed Gov.Palin's Foreign Policy
I was right. When she claimed that she went to Iraq, she was really in Kuwait. I bet she stayed at that luxury hotel in Dubai too! Ireland what a foreign policy hotspot!!!
Per CNN.com :
From CNN's Peter Hamby and Rebecca Sinderbrand
A Palin aide confirmed details of her foreign travel Saturday.
(_ CNN) - Sarah Palin did not visit troops in Iraq, a spokesperson for the Republican VP nominee confirmed Saturday, as new details emerged about the extent of the Alaska governor's foreign travel.
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Hampton roads backs another evanglist candidate that has no clue what our boys face in battle. Lovely. Senator Obama and Senator Biden have both been to Iraq several times.
Experience or No Experience The Voters Choice
What experience does the Junior Senator B.HO. have that is equal to the business and executive experience of Governor Sarah Palin?
Barack Hussein Obama is a lawyer, social worker (community organizer) and a junior legislator of less than 2 years, who votes present 40% of the time and votes 100% along party lines. No change, with zero accomplishments.
Governor Sarah Plain includes business and executive experience, Commander of a National Guard, Mayor and CEO, City Councilor and a community PTA member over a 14 year period and unlike Obama she has not snorted cocaine.
No wonder the media, has not completed the vetting of Barack Hussein Obama or asked him tough questions, like what qualifies him more to run for President than Governor Sarah Palin? What makes him ready for the job, more than Sarah Palin? Keep smiling……
Chris33
If its so bad here leave!! Go to China your leftist buddy Sen. Obama says everything is just great over there.
take off your partisan hat - just for a minute...
just consider these thoughts: 1) GREENSPAN: the country can't afford $3.3 trillion of tax cuts proposed by Republican presidential nominee without corresponding spending reductions. McCain wants to eliminate porkbarrel spending and earmarks which has only resulted in $171 billion since 2001. 2)PETRAEUS: he would never declare "victory" in IRAQ. 3) BUSH: will begin troop withdrawal in February 2009. authorized a policy of incursions into pakistan in july. shifts troops to afghanistan to combat the taliban.
Now, consider this: Obama was ahead of Bush in proposing to shift troops to Afghanistan, ahead of Bush in suggesting a timetable for Iraq withdrawal (subsequently embraced by Maliki), and right about not fighting the war in the first place.
it's time for virginians to vote in the best interest of the country, not just ourselves. i would argue that obama has shown the judgment to lead. consider this.
I hope that....
I hope that NObamoveon.org is paying Chris well for all of this cut and paste leftist extremism. Unemployment at a new high based on what? The other comments are too left wingnut to even consider a response.
Virginia for McCain
That's Obama's way of saying " Virginia people may not be that stupid after all"
WOW Chris33. It sounds like
WOW Chris33. It sounds like you are living in a house that needs to be condemed. Why don't you just move to a new house. Denmark comes to mind. If you don't like it here, there's the door.
Unemployment is NOT at an all time high. The GDP continues to be in the possitive. Are we experiencing an economic slow-down? Yes, absolutely. But if you want first hand experience of economic chaos, there are many third-world countries that you really need to visit.
You "woe is me" attitude is old, worn out, and way too exagerated. Stay away from Daily Kos, Salon, and all the other nut-root blogs. They only offer propaganda, not facts.
McBush more of the same
Unless you are blind, you can see the dark intentions of Rovian publicity, of double speak, of playing out the clock, of distracting voters from the fact that eight years of republican leadership took this country down the tubes and Mr. McBush is more of the same.
Your income shrinks as living expenses mushroom, the unemployment rate is at a new high, the war-to-nowhere rages without a plan that works, youth continue to be born then fed to the war monster, US education ranks 25th internationally, our infrastructure is collapsing, systems inadequately respond to national disasters, and we keep getting fed the republican double talk about how they are the answer. If this is progress, save us from failure!
No Third Term For Bush/McCain.
I think
the democratic congress is pissing to many people off!
Gas Prices, No new drilling, Environmental extremism etc. Obama will have his own party to blame come November
I Agree: RENO
NO Obama and NO Taxemdorf!!!!!
The question is do you want
The question is do you want inexperiance at the top of ticket or bottom of the ticket? Biden is almost just as old as Mcain. Also who has the area's intrests at heart, somebody that will gut the military like Clinton did.
Did you ever think you'd really win anyway?
That's right Mr. Change too close to call because you are not going to win this state or the W.H. and you know it now after talking to Bill Clinton this week.
To Senators McCain and Obama:
You will eventually learn which of your "camps" will win Virginia. However, you will need to wait until the 4th or 5th of November.
Hopefully since we elected a
Hopefully since we elected a democractic governor and senator in the last elections we can keep up the momentum. We don't need 4 years of McSame and the hockey mom.
NO Bama-No Biden
NO Bama-No Biden
Re-elect no one in Virginia Beach, especially the Mayor.
Who knows what's in the
Who knows what's in the cards. But I do know one thing about Virginians... they pick great men (or women I guess). I hope Virginians will be able to tell the difference between something authentic and something phony and pit Obama in the winner column Nov 4th. I mean, come on, J-McC was just making fun of Obama a month ago and comparing him sarcastically to the Messiah himself. He was Mister-No-Celebrity and Mister-Experience. Come on man. Don't hijack someone else's ideas if they're working for the other guy better. Seriously.