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Poll Gives Obama 8-Point Va. Lead
Poll Gives Obama 8-Point Va. Lead
McCain's Image Still Linked to Bush Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, October 27, 2008; Page A01
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Poll: Obama Lead Widens
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Poll Gives Obama 8-Point Va. Lead
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How's Obama Doing In Real Virginia?
The Stump — ... the authentic, America-loving, Northern-Virginia-scorning part of the state that will, insisted a McCain adviser, reject Obama because it's "more Southern in nature"? He's tied there, according to a new Washington Post poll: Obama is also performing far better elsewhere in Virginia than Democrats have done in recent state and federal elections. He and McCain each drew 48 percent of the vote outside Northern Virginia, a signal that Obama's repeated visits, as well as his multimillion-dollar advertising blitz, has softened the GOP base in the more rural parts of the state.  Wicked, bad, naughty Richmonders and Roanokers and ...

Election Central Morning Roundup
TPMDC — ... A new Washington Post poll gives Barack Obama a 52%-44% lead in Virginia, up from a 49%-46% lead a month ago. There now seems to be a strong consensus in the polls that Obama has a solid lead in a state that hasn't voted Democratic since the 1964 LBJ landslide. ...

Wash. Post Poll: Obama leads in Virginia 52% - 44%; McCain hurt by Bush and Palin.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — This is the kind of headline I like to see on the front page of the Washington Post: Poll Gives Obama 8-Point Va. Lead: McCain's Image Still Linked to Bush. ...

Kaine Defends Northern Virginia
News — Kaine Defends Northern Virginia Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) dismissed the suggestion by a John McCain adviser that Northern Virginia isn't part of the "real Virginia." Kaine, on MSNBC on Monday, said that Nancy Pfotenhauer's remark last week "made me think, well, wait a minute, this is the part of the Virginia with the Pentagon." He added:  "This is place in Virginia where John McCain lives and where he has his national headquarters. So Virginians don't like that kind of attitude or trying to divide the state." Kaine was one of the earliest backers of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. He won his governor's race in 2005 thanks partly to his strong support in Northern Virginia, ...

Around the Web: 2008
The Corner on National Review Online — ... Obama A New Cause for Confidence - and for Caution The Boston Globe [image] Rally Pulls Record-Setting Crowd The Denver Post [image] Assembles a Volunteer Army in Florida St. Petersburg Times [image] Offering Closing Case to Voters in Ohio Associated Press [image] [image] State of the Race End of Battle Centers on Turf Bush Carried The New York Times [image] Fearing Election Day Losses, Some in GOP Look to Rebuild The Boston Globe [image] Poll Gives Obama 8-Point Va. Lead The Washington Post [image] Election's Endgame Is No Sure ...

Polls: Obama Has Solid Lead In Virginia
TPMDC — ... College: • SurveyUSA: Obama 52%, McCain 43%, outside of the ±3.9% margin of error, not significantly different from a 53%-43% Obama lead from three weeks ago. Nine percent of respondents have already voted, giving Obama a 67%-30% majority, and he's ahead 50%-44% among the remaining 91% of likely voters. • Zogby: Obama 52%, McCain 45%, with a ±4.1% margin of error. There is no other recent Zogby phone poll for comparison. • Washington Post: Obama 52%, McCain 44%, with a ±3.5% margin of error, compared to a 49%-46% ...

Trailing In Virginia, Palin Brings In The Big Guns: Tito The Builder
Firedoglake — Someone -- anyone -- please make her go away. Sarah Palin brought along one of her favorite working-class heroes to a campaign rally in northern Virginia on Monday: Tito Munoz, or as he’s better known to Palin and her audiences, “Tito the builder.” ... When Palin took the stage, she cracked to Munoz that “not since the Jackson Five has the ...

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