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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — I arrived here in the late evening Sunday, in advance of a scheduled McCain-Palin rally this morning at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. A very informal survey of local businesses reveals this town embodies Sen. John McCain’s problems in this state.
My hotel, next door to the convention center, was adorned with [...]

Democrat Mark Warner leads by 30 points in the governor race. Barack Obama edges out John McCain by 4 points. Is Virginia playing a Wilder card?

New narrative alert: Sen. Barack Obama will win this election — in a landslide.
But wait, weren’t all the experts and pundits worrying about Obama’s demise just one month ago? Well times change.
Markets fall. Running mates get exposed as embarassingly unqualified. So now this week’s conventional wisdom — first teed up on the front [...]

LEBANON, Va. – “This is God’s country,” said Sen. Barack Obama, to loud applause from 2,400 Virginians who packed a gym here to capacity. Obama ripped Sen. John McCain’s economic agenda. He said there was something “un-American” and “fundamentally wrong” with an economy that doesn’t allow children to do better than their parents.
The Democratic presidential [...]