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The Night They Brought Old Dixie Back

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Linda R. Monk, J.D.

The Republicans are resurgent, at least for now. It's going to be a hard slog in 2010 and 2012 to keep the grassroots fervor alive -- and the funding to sustain it. In Virginia, we are just plain tired.

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Obama Takes Health Care Pitch To Annandale, Virginia (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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(AP) ANNANDALE, Va. — President Barack Obama hugged a cancer patient Wednesday at an emotional forum before a supportive audience and vowed to b...

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Sam Stein

Obama's Influence Felt In Virginia Gubernatorial Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

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Public polls -- though not all -- are beginning to show separation between Terry McAuliffe and his two challengers in the Democratic primary for gover...

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Sam Stein

Has Obama Created A New South?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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Post-election analysis of Barack Obama's runaway victory has generally settled on one macro-theory: he put a symbolic end to the significance of the S...

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Jason Linkins

Portfolio's Matt Cooper Predicts Virginia To Go Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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At last night's rally in Manassas, Virginia, Liz Glover spoke with Portfolio's Matt Cooper, who offered a debrief of Obama's final VA speech and some ...

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Every Morning Voting in Rural VA

Adrienne Birecree | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

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Adrienne Birecree

My husband and I got up at 5am this morning so we would be at our polling place before it opened at 6am. We definitely knew where we were going. If w...

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Virginia Fever: Easy To Catch

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

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Andrea Chalupa

An important job this year is doing election protection in the Richmond area, where African American voter turnout is expected in record numbers.

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The Obama Ground Game In Northern Virginia

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

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Peter J. Ognibene

Alexandria, Virginia--For the past week, I have been a small cog in the rather large wheel of the Obama Ground Game that is stealthily rolling across ...

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Auto Workers Canvassing for Obama in Va.: "Old Ladies Flipping Me the Bird!"

Adrienne Birecree | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Adrienne Birecree

DUBLIN, Va. -- When you think of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Southwest Virginia is not the first place that comes to mind. But this region is home t...

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Starting an Obama Group Gives Supporter Confidence, Diverse Community

Stefanie Fontanez | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Stefanie Fontanez

It was shortly after watching Barack Obama speak for the first time that Megan Meagher turned to a friend and said "I have to do something. I've never...

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Virginia Volunteers Give Their All

Carol Franco | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Carol Franco

Virginia Campaign for Change Headquarters, Marshall St., Richmond: We waltz in on weekends, hubby and I, log on for a few hours of data entry, place a...

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Virginia=Win; North Carolina=Landslide

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

Unless something gargantuanly unexpected happens, if they call Virginia for Obama, you will know at that moment that he is the next President of the United States.

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AP Poll: Obama Leads Or Ties In Eight Crucial States

AP | BY RON FOURNIER and TREVOR TOMPSON | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied in two other Republican states, according t...

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Go figure: Barrackville Trends Obama

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

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Christina Bellantoni

2008-10-27-barrackville.jpgThe Barrackville, WV voters were great examples of what we found everywhere -- growing support for Obama as people figure out how to make ends meet.

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Obama Signs and Confederate Flags Waving Together in SW Va.

Joan Kark | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

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Joan Kark

I spotted the large Obama sign in front of the confederate flag on my way to U.S. Representative Rick Boucher's luncheon in Pearisburg, Virginia, Sa...

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Sam Stein

Obama Uses Bi-Lingual Robocall To Target Hispanic Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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It is a telling contrast, how differently the McCain and Obama campaigns have used robocalling to advance their political interests. While the former...

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Dems Canvass Unlikely Voters in Rural VA, Find Plenty of Misinformation

Mark Meier | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

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Mark Meier

Jennifer Johnson and Sarah Johnson, friends since college rather than relatives, meet me at one of three Obama offices in Charlottesville. A reliabl...

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Army of Youth Braves Rain to Work Obama Event

Adrienne Birecree | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

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Adrienne Birecree

Roanoke, Virginia - For what or whom would you stand in line in the rain for over two hours? Anything? In Roanoke, Virginia yesterday thousands from...

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Obama Makes His Seventh Trip to Southwest Virginia

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

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Lisa Solod Warren

Roanoke, Virginia -- To the music of Bruce Springsteen's "The Rising" and against a backdrop of a huge contingent of screaming Virginia Tech students ...

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Sam Stein

RNC Mailer: What Does Obama Want From Islamic Terrorists?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

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In addition to launching a massive robocall campaign raising Obama's past association with Bill Ayers as a campaign issue, the Republican National Com...

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Poll: Obama Has 10-Point Lead In Virginia, Race Tight Elsewhere

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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THE POLL: CNN/Time magazine/Opinion Research Corp., presidential race among likely Colorado voters (9 electoral votes). THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama, 51...

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VA Liberals Stake Out Territory With Yard Signs

Emily Pease | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home

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Emily Pease

Paul Reagan concedes that a yard sign isn't the best means of communication, but when your house is flanked on either side by the opposition, you need to take a stand. "It's primitive," Reagan said. "It's a way of staking out territory. I feel like there must be plenty of people who aren't McCain supporters, but it's the intimidation of all those signs."

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Jason Linkins

McCain's Decline In Virginia Not Limited To 'Communist Country'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Over the weekend, John McCain's brother Joe leveled his best zinger at the residents of Arlington County and Alexandria, Virginia labeling the region ...

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Obama Up 10 In Virginia According To New Polls

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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A new SurveyUSA poll finds John McCain's chances of winning Virginia slipping away. Barack Obama is ahead in the state by ten points, 53% to 43%. The ...

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Indiana Senator Bayh Steps in for Biden to Woo Swing-State Virginian Voters

Teresa Caviness | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home

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Teresa Caviness

"In 3-1/2 months, the Bush administration is going to be over, finished, done... But the price John McCain paid for his party's nomination was that he embraced all the Bush policies."

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