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PHOTOS: The Various Obama Visits To Annandale, Va.

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama visited Northern Virginia Community College in suburban Annandale on Monday morning, unveiling his fiscal 2013 budget pr...

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Obama, First Lady Tout Jobs Plan For Veterans In Virginia

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 12.19.2011

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NORTH CHESTERFIELD, Va. — President Barack Obama teamed up with his popular and personable wife Wednesday on the final leg of a three-day bus tr...

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Equipment For Obama Tour Stolen

AP | DENA POTTER | Posted 12.18.2011

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RICHMOND, Va. — At least no one left the keys to Air Force One in the ignition. In an egg-on-face moment for the government ahead of President ...

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Obama Hits Virginia On America Jobs Act Tour

AP | BOB LEWIS | Posted 12.18.2011

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EMPORIA, Va. — Don't look for Democrats in fiercely contested Virginia legislative elections to join President Barack Obama as he brings his cam...

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Obama Campaigns In Key 2012 States On New Jobs Strategy

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 12.17.2011

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FLETCHER, N.C. — Rolling through small Southern towns in a campaign-style bus, President Barack Obama on Monday pressed lawmakers back in Washin...

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Obama Gets Back On The Bus For Tour Of Key Southern States

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 12.16.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is targeting vital North Carolina and Virginia this week, as he kicks off a three-day bus tour that is as mu...

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Virginia Disapproves Of Obama

AP | By BOB LEWIS | Posted 11.15.2011

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RICHMOND, Va. -- President Barack Obama's disapproval rating has soared to 54 percent in Virginia, a battleground state the Democrat took from the Rep...

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Obama To Visit Northern Virginia Community College

AP | STACY A. ANDERSON | Posted 08.08.2011

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — President Barack Obama says the growth of the U.S. economy will depend in part on training new workers for jobs in the manufac...

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Dem Tom Perriello Touts His Disagreements With The White House On Eve Of Obama Visit

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The night before President Barack Obama is set to make a dramatic campaign swing into his district, Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) is waxing cautiously --...

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Obama: Democrats Have 'Stopped The Bleeding, Stabilized The Economy'

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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FAIRFAX, Va. — Ahead of midterm elections likely to produce big Republican gains, President Barack Obama said Monday that conservative activists...

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The Night They Brought Old Dixie Back

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Has Obama Created A New South?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Obama Takes Health Care Pitch To Virginia

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Obama's Influence Felt In Virginia Gubernatorial Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Portfolio's Matt Cooper Predicts Virginia To Go Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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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Starting an Obama Group Gives Supporter Confidence, Diverse Community

Stefanie Fontanez | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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

Adrienne Birecree | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Virginia=Win; North Carolina=Landslide

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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The 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 Uses Bi-Lingual Robocall To Target Hispanic Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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