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Strong military presence in VA helps McCain. I also have anecdotal eveidence that many who will vote R will not admit it out loud in some company.

O’s latest about bankrupting coal companies is outlandish. The democrat governer of VA, Tim Kaine, has fought greenies and others to get a new coal plant built. If we get 50% of our electricy from coal, how are we supposed to charge our new “green” autos? Especially with coal produced energy reductions?

Green energy sources are not yet cost efficient enough to replace coal. That said, I have no qualms about developing alternative energy sources. I just have a problem with how much wealth must be redistributed to develop them. There are large, well-funded, private pushes to increase the efficiency and decrease the cost of green technologies. When these bear fruit, the market will adjust accordingly.

Petroleum technolgy was first developed in the early 1900′s. 100 years has brought us to the current level. Solar technology has been around about 30-40 years and has proved lacking as a substitute for petro tech. Perhaps a few more years of research will provide the breakthrough needed to give petro tech a run for it’s money.
I have great faith in human inspiration and ingenuity.

As long as we have the freedom to think out of the box without political agenda, that is.

not really..

In addition to some great comments by smellthecoffee on undecideds, there is a major area which has yet to be addressed specifically in Virginia. . . defense. The Hampton Roads area of Virginia alone has over 200,000 defense related jobs, and those undecideds out there know what side of their bread is buttered! With Barney Frank talking about gutting the defense budget by 25%, the wisened folks here understand full well what that will mean to the livelihood of every citizen in the area. They are already freaking out about the ramifications of a single aircraft carrier relocation down to Florida, let alone the loss of a full 1/4 of defense spending on not just military members and their families, but on government civilians, contractors, shipyard workers, hospitals, retail businesses, real estate.
Last week there was a map shown on Yahoo of states in recession and states still doing well. As all on this forum know, the recessionary forces were strongest in democratically institutionalized states, including most of the Atlantic states. . . the exceptions included Virginia. Why? One can postulate Virginia’s strong ties with defense have aided its steady-state economy while other Dem states are tanking due to their own fiscal irresponsibilities.
With that said, Virginia undecideds have heard about the liberal senators and congressmen gabbing about cutting defense so that money can be funneled toward more hand outs; they have heard about the dem backed plan to take away 401Ks (which include the Thrift Savings Plan used by the Fed/DoD). . . and trust me when I say many of those I have spoken to will be voting for their jobs and futures, not for economic suicide and Hollywood glitz.

Mccain’s losing.
You’re all in denial.

Xolom on November 2, 2008 at 12:36 PM

Xolom, have you not noticed how unusually high the percentage of undecideds is? And in many states, too. I think McCain is going to do much better with this group than Obama will, and here’s why. I think the number of undecideds is unusually high because many of them are looking for a reason to vote for Obama, who is certainly a very unusual candidate, and has a lot of surface appeal.

The reason I think they are more likely to go for McCain is because not enough is known about Obama. Here’s where the MSM’s bottling up of negative stories on him comes back to bite him in the a$$. Maybe they’ve heard the story about Ayers, and Wright. The question then is, how does Obama feel about it? We don’t really know, at this point, and that lack of info could tend to keep people from deciding on Obama.

Maybe they’ve heard about how he considers the constitution to be “fundamentally flawed,” even as he bemoans the “tragedy” that the Supremes failed to break with the “essential constraints of the founding fathers,” and pass some kind of economic redistritubion legislation from the bench. How does he feel about it today? We don’t really know, he’s never been asked about it. Again, that lack of info could tend to keep people from deciding on Obama.

If he had been asked about these, and the many other things that are troubling, he could have put them to bed–people are willing to accept that people can change their opinions. Instead we got. . . nothing, and so the fencesitters are stuck with their insecurity. The fact that McCain is both a known quantity and a moderate is a huge advantage with these undecideds. I think they’ll tend to choose that over a possibly radical, and largely unknown, Obama.

No way Va. goes blue.

No way

Really?

Democratic governor? Check.

Recently elected Democratic Senator? Check.

Former Democratic governor about to be elected Senator? Check.

Yeah, no way VA goes blue.

We are on fire for Palin!

McCain needs Megyn Kelly for press secretary. And I am perfectly serious.

JustTruth101 on November 2, 2008 at 12:43 PM

GENIUS!

No way.

MarkABinVA on November 2, 2008 at 4:06 PM

Oh yeah, I’ve seen that one. I literally laughed out loud the first time I saw it. It’s so ridiculous it’s funny.

I’m here too, and you’re wrong, my friend. – Grow Fins on November 2, 2008 at 3:28 PM

Then make a difference! Get out there and bring in the votes for McCain. You can do it. Call friends and family and neighbors. Make sure everyone gets to the polls and votes for John McCain and Sarah Palin.

After all…friends don’t let friends vote for Obama.

You betcha! Go McCain!

McCain-Palin!

PS I saw two of the 4×8 Obama-Biden “Lower Taxes” signs on Rt. 15 near Oatlands, I almost spit-out my coffee.

I’m here too, and you’re wrong, my friend.

Grow Fins on November 2, 2008 at 3:28 PM

We’ll find out for sure in a couple of days.

Ohio is in the bag for McCain (I know, I’m here).

I’m here too, and you’re wrong, my friend.

My parents already early-voted – also for McCain. My father hates Obama with a burning passion…..he refers to him as a communist. Only with a few expletives added as adjectives.

Is Virginia in the bag for Obama?

I have to agree with Meryl it is not in the bag for Obama yet.

The Commonwealth should go for McCain except in a few key liberal areas like Fairfax County, Richmond, Charlottesville (V-Tech) etc.

McCain should take the rural areas as previous elections.

IMO it is going to come down to the counties that are on the outskirts of Fairfax like Prince William and Loudon.

Remember, you can make phone calls yourselves to a BATTLEGROUND state even if you’re not in one:

http://www.JohnMcCain.com then click on the Make Calls button.

People keep stealing my McCain signs but I’ve got more in the van to replace them with…. :)

Let’s roll!

This is purely anecdotal, I know. I only bring it up, again, because it’s relevant to the topic at hand – Virginia may be a state that goes McCain, despite what the press would have us believe. Outside of Richmond, the only stronghold for liberals in VA is Northern VA, and if there’s a not-inconsequential number of McCain supporters even there (whether they’re admitting their support or just keeping quite about it), Barack maybe shouldn’t be counting on a VA win.

Mr. Lynn:

I am perfectly aware of what the polls say. I know what the talking heads say. I stopped watching cable news more than an hour so a day because they just kept saying we are gonna lose over and over again.

I am voting for John McCain anyway. I am voting for Goode, the Republican running against the blue dog Democrat in the 8th district in Indiana. Both are supposed to be lost causes, but I am voting for them anyway. I figure I will wait and see what happens, either way it will not change my vote.

Terrye on November 2, 2008 at 1:00 PM

You vote for Goode, I’ll vote for Goodlatte, and we’ll both vote for Gilmore and McCain. We’ll both do our part!