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Virginia News Headlines: Tuesday Morning

by: lowkell

Tue Oct 02, 2012 at 06:17:12 AM EDT

Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 2. Also, see the "flip" for video of Scott Brown last night talking about how Antonin Scalia's his model Supreme Court Justice. Ee gads. Also, check out the superb Obama ad, "Dear Mr. President."

*Ryan's budget flimflam ("Substituting pseudo-wonkiness for real answers on taxes.")
*Romney's '47%' comments aren't going away
*Robinson: Romney vs. Romney - the real debate
*Virginia's archaic system of restoring voting rights
*Mitt Romney doesn't need new zingers. He needs new policies. ("He doesn't have an appealing policy agenda capable of turning this thing around, and his party hasn't given him the freedom to construct one.")
*Kaine renews war-on-women attack on Allen (Uh, far-right-wing Washington Examiner? The truth isn't an "attack.")
*Kaine-Allen Virginia Senate Race Mirrors Top of Ticket
*Governor's energy conference begins Tuesday (Time once again for Bob's Big Oil lovefest. Oh joy.)
*O'Malley zings McDonnell on job growth, taxes ("In an interview on WTOP, the Maryland Democrat criticized the 'gimmicks' McDonnell has used to balance the budget, "including sometimes short-funding their pension obligations," and the practice of publicly lauding a budget surplus.")
*Va. Republicans cancel voter contract amid controversy
*Realtors pick Allen in Senate race
*Assists for Allen in Senate stretch run
*The question in Virginia Beach
*Cantor, Democrat challenger spar in lively debate
*Powell assails Cantor over business, military in Congressional debate
*Eric Cantor campaigns -- for himself
*What Happened at the Cantor-Powell Debate
*Report: Hampton Roads economy is emerging from its 'funk'
*Alexandria's GenOn plant closes at last
*Nats' title win may be first of many ("By clinching their first National League East championchip, the Nationals arrive on baseball's biggest stage."

UPDATE: Also see Accused Navy vets scammer is former lawyer ("The man known as 'Bobby Thompson' is a former lawyer with degrees from the University of Virginia and Harvard, federal officials say.")

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by: lowkell @ Tue Oct 02, 2012 at 10:27:43 AM UTC

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by: lowkell @ Tue Oct 02, 2012 at 10:30:19 AM UTC

Q-Poll: Obama leads 49%-45% Nationally (0.00 / 0)

FOR RELEASE: OCTOBER 2, 2012
WOMEN GIVE OBAMA AN EDGE OVER ROMNEY,
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY POLL FINDS
LIKELY VOTERS PICK PRESIDENT TO WIN DEBATE 2-1
An 18-point lead among women puts President Barack Obama ahead of Gov. Mitt Romney 49 - 45 percent among likely voters nationwide, and voters expect 54 - 28 percent that the president will win the debates, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.
The president leads 56 - 38 percent among women and 94 - 2 percent among black voters, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Men back Romney 52 - 42 percent while white voters back the Republican 53 - 42 percent.
Independent voters are divided with 47 percent for Romney and 45 percent for Obama.
American likely voters say 60 - 25 percent that the federal government would make progress addressing the nation's problems if one party controls the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Voters dislike the Democratic Party less than they dislike the Republican Party, giving the Democrats a negative 45 - 49 percent favorability rating, compared to a negative 41 - 52 percent for the Republicans.
"President Barack Obama won only about 43 percent of the white vote in 2008, so his current standing among whites tracks his earlier winning performance," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "If the president can match or exceed his 2008 showing among whites it will be difficult to impossible for Romney to win.
"It is also very difficult to win an election when you are getting shellacked among women, the group that makes up about half the electorate."
(For a downloadable video of Quinnipiac Polling Institute Assistant Director Tim Malloy discussing the survey, click on http://www.quinnipiac.edu/inst...

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by: lowkell @ Tue Oct 02, 2012 at 10:37:40 AM UTC

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