Va. GOP Fears McCain Could Lose The State

[WillyT]

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Virginia Republicans are warning that John McCain's prospects for winning a state that has been in the GOP column in every presidential election since 1964 could be in jeopardy. With Barack Obama treating the Old Dominion like a battleground state and reliable polls showing a margin-of-error race there, some are cautioning that McCain is making a critical mistake by allowing the Democratic nominee to outpace him in terms of visits and resources committed.

The two best indicators of which states the campaigns are serious about – time and money – tell the story.

Since wrapping up the Democratic nomination in June, Obama, his wife, Michelle, and his running mate Joe Biden have visited the commonwealth a combined 12 times. The candidate himself was in the Tidewater city of Newport News Saturday.

Obama is also plowing millions into Virginia, blanketing the airwaves with TV and radio ads, filling up mailboxes with leaflets and, along with the state party, operating 49 campaign offices.

Together, McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, have held just one campaign event in Virginia. And the campaign has taken its ads off the pricey Washington, D.C. network affiliates that reach into the entire swath of the Northern Virginia, the commonwealth’s most populous region.

“I think needs to get here,” said Rep. Tom Davis, a longtime member of Congress who represents a Northern Virginia district. “I think they’ve got to pay more attention.”

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Link: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14285.html

I think the damn is about to burst...

:shrug:

[elocs]

1. McCain is being campaigned into the ground. He cannot personally be everywhere he needs to be.

The wheels are coming off McCain's wagon and he is running out of gas.

[tulsakatz]

5. not to mention that, due to the inexperience of his running mate........

...they usually appear together at the same rallys, even now!! If he had a more experienced running mate they could campaign separately and cover twice as much ground!

[Ron Paul- voting BO]

15. just to add to that...

their plan is to next week campaign together after the debates next week. This is very stupid but Palin is drawing more attention them him so he needs her to get the big crowed.

[sudopod]

40. Napoleon once said

that if you see your enemy doing something stupid, you should never interrupt him. :3

[tulsakatz]

44. haha.....good point!!

:rofl:

[elkston]

19. Exactly. Palin is tethered to McCain whereas Biden, Jill & Michelle

can be 2 other places in addition to the main Obama stops. We are out-pacing them financially and geographically.

The clock is running out and their bank is running dry.

[stillcool]

29. Plus Obama is like the ...

energizer bunny.

[ingac70]

7. He's doing stupid shit...

like given interviews in Iowa and being an asshole and sending Palin to California.

Don't get me wrong, I hope he keeps it up, but McCain's strategy is a weird one.

[tulsakatz]

9. that's true.........

...and I agree, I hope he does keep it up!!

[Blasphemer]

11. Well, Gee.. why can't his good friend and current POTUS do some campaigning for him?

Oh wait....

:evilgrin:

[yardwork]

27. Everywhere he goes, people hate him more. Same with failin palin.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Could? Try WILL

:rofl:

Obama in Virginia!!!

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Dear Tom Davis: McCain is fucking broke

He can't advertise in NoVA because he ain't got no goddamn money. And Obama is swamping him with races everywhere. You're trying to get blood from a shriveled old turnip.

:rofl:

[Texas Mom]

33. Plus his brother Joe McCain

called those folks communists!

[elleng]

34. Davis recently

'removed' himself from his position.

"The revolution is over, the thrill is gone and the Republican brand under President Bush has, in Davis’s view, been so tarnished that, as he likes to say, “if we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf.” These will be Davis’s last few weeks in Congress. He decided against re-election, disaffected by the partisanship, by a process he calls broken, by a party he considers hijacked by social conservatives. “We’re just not getting much done,” he said."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/magazine/05Davis-t.html?ref=magazine

[BlooInBloo]

4. Spend more $ there McSenile!!!!

:rofl:

[No Elephants]

6. Yep, they better start spending and campaigning in all 50 states, even Alaska and Hawaii!

[voteearlyvoteoften]

8. Great Obama Ads

Obama ads everywhere today in Fl. Good ads about health care showing he has a moderate not radical approach to reform. And another good one talking about the financial consequences of McDebts proposals. And another about registering to vote.McDesparate only has one that is so lame talking about the so called 94 votes for tax increases. Old boring ad...not interesting at all.

[DarthDem]

10. Me Too

Thanks for the post. The MSM, in these kinds of articles, always seems to hedge their bets a little bit, don't they? In so doing, they seem a bit behind the electoral curve. Right now, I think Obama has Virginia sewed up - - and I never thought I'd say that.

VA is psychologically important, too - - since the polls there close at 7 PM Eastern, a declared win in VA could affect Colorado (which, with VA in the bag, doesn't really matter as much, but it's still nice for governance purposes).

It's like this: if ScottyRazz (now starting his usual moving-the-goalposts-to-reflect-the-trend act since he knows Obama is going to win) has Obama up in Virginia, he's up in Virginia.

[sfam]

12. I gotta say, outside of Northern VA, its almost all McCain signs...

I went driving for about 5 hours yesterday west and south of Northern VA in search of extra large pumpkins (I actually am an insane pumpkin carver - check out fantasypumpkins.com). While the Northern VA area (Fairfax county) where I live is a strong Obama area, with lots of offices, as I left Northern VA, there were McCain signs everywhere. Worst was when I went into a small town in search of pumpkins at a fair - frickin a 1/3 of the houses had McCain signs on them.

So yeah, Obama is gonna rawk in Northern VA, Hampton Roads and Richmond, but this hardly means its gonna be an easy win. McCain is in the hinterlands in force.

That said, we're averaging about 3-5 calls a week from the Obama campaign (nationally and locally). No McCain calls yet.

[Ron Paul- voting BO]

16. WRONG about that

I drove I 81 last week and saw nothing but Obama signs. he is making in roads into the part of the state located next to NC and WV. I was suprized but after the drive the polls started turning in his favor in that area of the state

[yardwork]

28. Ralph Stanley made an awesome ad for Obama.

[JeanGrey]

13. I really don't think so. And not North Carolina either. I think

the south is pretty much lost.

[elkston]

18. VA is a VERY Good chance. NC is still 50-50. You wanna lose this one don't you? (eom)

[Cali_Democrat]

20. Another Debbie Downer post from you

What a shock

:sarcasm:

[Hippo_Tron]

26. Have you seen the polls coming out of Virginia? Several have Obama leading

Northern Virginia isn't culturally southern and it's the fastest growing part of the state.

[stillcool]

30. Didn't you write a post earlier...

about Georgia...and yard signs?

[Cali_Democrat]

32. Yep

The poster definitely has an agenda an it ain't for getting Obama elected.

She also blamed suffering Hurricane victims in Texas for not getting out on time.

She also defends Sarah Palin all the time.

[stillcool]

36. she must be racking up the points..

on John McCains website.

[sudopod]

41. Whining 101 is is being taught by Dr Summers

3rd door to your right.

[demgrrrll]

42. You appear to be fairly consistently negative or am I mistaken?

[Cali_Democrat]

43. She's a Negative Nancy

[TwilightGardener]

14. Well, sending in McLoser's brother to call the northern part of the state "communist" is

a brilliant strategy to turn it around!

[northernlights]

17. goin' broke funneling their last pennies

into Nebraska and Maine! Hoping to peel off 1 EV each!!!!!
:rofl:

[Chloroplast]

21. McCain has no one to blame but himself.

In reality, HE should be leading in this race, seeing as he secured his Party's nomination MONTHS before Obama did. That was his gift in this election and he blew it. He can't manage his money (I wonder if he'll supplement his election funds with illegal donations again), he doesn't know the political game as well as he should and he's surrounded himself with idiots. McCain shouldn't be hemorrhaging states the way he is and he's doing nothing to staunch the flow. I never thought the GOP could pick someone lazier than Bush. Ugh.

[jberryhill]

23. I dunno

Maybe the "gift" was that Obama had to campaign in the primaries in many more states than McCain did, and this contributed to building the organization that is now suffocating the McCain campaign.

[Chloroplast]

24. Very true but you have to wonder what McCain was doing that entire time.

[jberryhill]

38. I was wondering that all summer

What was he waiting for?

I guess it is an indication of how empty his campaign is that he had to wait around to see who he was going to run against, when he could have been promoting his own candidacy.

[Cha]

22. But, mccain is resting up on the weekend..and

his sidekick is whooping it up on her own in Nebraska just 'cause she wants to.

[underpants]

25. Obama just opened up a SECOND office in Richmond--West End Cantor territory

I mean smack dab in the middle of Republicanville (I live in it) he is trying to eek out a few votes here. Turning over every stone just like in the primaries.

McCain just opened up 12 NEW offices bringing his total in Va to 20...that's right he only had EIGHT offices in the entire state. Obama had 45 established.

McCain has to win Va. if they call Va. for Obama it is OVER

[elleng]

35. You live in CANTOR's district?

So Sorry!

[underpants]

39. Yyyyyyyep

Canvassed here too three times. There a few of us....very few.

Going to the new office tomorrow to get some Obama signs

[Imagevision]

31. Va. GOP Fears McCain Could Lose The State, no worries, they won't be alone

[Mz Pip]

37. Boo Hooo

SOmehow the idea of SARAH! in VA is just to silly to contemplate. How well will Caribou Barbie really play in VA? This is the state that picked Jim Webb over incombent George ( fake cowboy) Allen. Seems the good people of Virginia kind of see through this kind of crap.