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Proud To Be a Virginian

As someone who’s lived almost my entire life in Virginia, this election means a great deal to me, as it does to most voters in the state.
For the first time since 1964, Virginia is in play in a presidential election. Many residents are surprised to see Virginia shaded blue on some electoral maps. The state [...]

Virginia Judge Rejects Longer Polling Hours

U.S. District Judge Richard L. Williams rejected a lawsuit Monday afternoon that sought to extend polling hours in Virginia today. William ruled that election rules allowing those in line by 7 p.m. to vote after the polls close protects voters’ rights.
The judge also revealed that he had voted early on Friday and had to [...]

Youth + Environment = Turnout

Young people care more about the environment — whether global warming, renewable fuels, clean energy or energy independence — than any other demographic. This proves true across party lines.

Obama Deploys Robot to Fight Ayers Attack (Video)

Maybe there’s too much caffeine coursing through the Obama campaign’s new media department. Or maybe they’ve just had it with Sen. John McCain’s robocalls about Bill Ayers.
The latest item on Sen. Barack Obama’s official YouTube channel is a wacky, dorky, irreverent video titled, really, “Robots Attack!”
Wonder why they didn’t use this in the prime-time [...]

GOP Officials May Challenge Foreclosed Voters in States Beyond MI

GOP officials in Ohio, Florida and Indiana –- in addition to Michigan, where the Obama campaign sued -– have acknowledged plans to challenge voters on Election Day based on foreclosure lists.
According to local media in counties in each of these states — in Columbus, Ohio, Marion County, Ind., and Volusia County, Fla. — GOP operatives [...]

Obama’s Victory Route Runs Through Florida

The highway connecting Tampa, Lakeland, Daytona Beach and Orlando may be the most important political real estate in the nation because it holds the key to the biggest chunk of independent voters in the biggest of all battleground states. These voters’ anxieties and financial troubles have now pushed the Democratic nominee ahead of his Republican rival in the polls there.

GOP Goes Nuts on ACORN — and Fox Eats It Up

Update: A few hours after this item was posted, the AP reported that ACORN’s Las Vegas offices were raided by the FBI.
When the Assn. of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, announced yesterday that it had registered more than 1.3 million new voters nationwide so far this year, it was a cause either for [...]

Obama Takes Biggest Lead Yet

Sen. Barack Obama just dashed past his Republican opponent in today’s Washington Post/ABC poll, grabbing what The Post calls his “first clear lead” of the entire general election.
The national poll, which does not reflect the Electoral College or prioritize the swing states that actually decide the election, shows Obama besting Sen. John McCain by 52 [...]

GOP Feels Heat for Foreclosure Voter Suppression

Michigan Republicans are feeling the heat for a scheme to suppress voters based based on a list of foreclosed homes, a plan first reported by journalist Eartha Jane Melzer for our sister site, The Michigan Messenger.
In the week since Melzer broke the news, exposing Macomb County G.O.P. Chair James Carabelli’s intention to use a list [...]

McCain’s Change and Corporate Media

I appear as a guest on Peter B. Collins‘ radio show — which is fun because it has live callers. It’s like talking to blog commenters, if commenters were more supportive. (Kidding! Sort of.)
Anyway, in a segment on Friday, a caller raised big questions about how Republicans can possibly seize the change mantle, if that [...]