From the UK:
A lot of this Virginia-crossing-over has to do with Northern Virginia, that lovely bubble leeching off of DC, being strongly democratic. There are a lot of people here that care enough about the political process to get out the vote, and McCain hanging out in Tidewater (sounds so lovely every time you say it, doesn't it?) and hitting up the rest of the state just outside the beltway shows you how he thinks he can bring Sweet Virginia back to the watering hole.Mr Obama now enjoys a lead in national polls of between eight and ten points. But it is the state-by-state electoral map that makes clear the scale of the challenge now confronting Mr McCain. To win on November 4, a candidate needs 270 electoral college votes. If all the states that are likely wins for each candidate, or leaning towards them, are added together, Mr Obama has 264 electoral college votes to Mr McCain’s 163. That leaves the eight toss-up states – Nevada, Colorado, Missouri, Ohio, Florida, Indiana, Virginia and North Carolina – with a combined total of 111 electoral college votes, to decide the race.
All are states won twice by Mr Bush. Virginia has not backed a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, yet Mr Obama has pulled into a lead of between five and ten points. Three months ago the critical battleground of Florida looked unlikely for Mr Obama. Today he has a five-point lead. Mr Bush won Indiana by 21 points in 2004. Today Mr McCain is holding on to a tiny lead. In Colorado, Mr Obama is about five points ahead.
If Mr McCain loses any of them, or indeed the hugely important battleground of Ohio, where he is slightly trailing, his presidential hopes will be over. He is more aware than anybody that no Republican has ever won the White House without Ohio.
And they're still coming:
From the Richmond-Times Dispatch:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is returning to Virginia for a rally in Roanoke.What do you think, folks? What'll it take for McCain to win VA? Does he have a shot? Leave your ideas and thoughts in the comments!Obama’s campaign says the rally is set for 12:30 p.m. today at the Coliseum at Roanoke Civic Center. The event is free and open to the public. The campaign recommends that attendees RSVP at www.va.barackobama.com.
Tomorrow, Republican John McCain will be at the Prince William County Complex in Woodbridge at 2 p.m. That event also is free and open to the public. Tickets are available through the McCain Virginia Web site at Virginia.JohnMcCain.com.
-Katie
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hi.
I think it's awesome that you are trying to organize people for Barak Obama and Joe Biden. We certainly do not want a McCain/Palin administration in the White House.
I am a volunteer for the campaign in Pennsylvania, another important battleground state in this election. I would like to encourage you to do the same at the closest Virginia Obama/Biden campaign office to you.
http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
sign up as a volunteer or go to the office. there will be plenty for you to do and believe me they need people!
I was at a Get Out The Vote strategy meeting yesterday in Philadelphia outlining their plans for election day. They will need people to be at the polls, making phone calls to their supporters, driving people to the polls, etc. Believe me this is the best way you can help. I think the march would have been a great idea a few weeks ago, but in the last 18 days, the campaign needs your help and the best way to show Mr. McCain and Ms. Palin that we don't want them in the White House is to make sure our supporters in Virginia get out to vote on election day.
The Get Out The Vote campaign will be strongly concentrated from November 1-4, with training beginning next week. You do not need to commit large amounts of time! Please contact your closest Virgina office and get involved!
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