Virginia News Headlines: Thursday Morning

by: lowkell

Thu Oct 11, 2012 at 06:24:31 AM EDT

Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines for Thursday, October 11. Also, check out this video in which "Mitt Romney Praises Glenn Beck and Fringe Utah College Founded by Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorist." So much for "moderate Mitt!"

*What Everyone Needs To Know Before Watching The VP Debate (e.g., "Ryan opposes abortion access for rape victims")
*Mitt Romney Won't Mention Glen Doherty, Slain Former Navy SEAL, After Mother's Complaint
*Polls Diverge in Va. Senate Race (The new Q-Poll has Kaine up 51%-44%, Obama up 51%-46%, in Virginia. The new Marist poll has Romney up 48%-47%, Kaine up 47%-46% in Virginia.)
*As Nov. nears, Romney shifts closer to center (Who's the real Mitt Romney? Who the heck knows!)
*Romney vows to be 'a pro-life president' after newspaper interview (Again, who knows who this guy really is? He's all over the place on every single issue, back and forth from hard right to the center or even left, sometimes in the course of a few hours!)
*How Biden can win the vice presidential debate
*The welcome decline of coal ("Mr. Romney is wrong on almost every point. The coal industry cannot and should not continue operating as it has, and Mr. Obama is not the reason. Cheap natural gas has gutted the economic case for burning coal. Climate change and coal-related pollution explain why that's a good thing.")
*Political sniping muddles bipartisanship claims in Virginia Senate race
*Error on Va. voter-registration form apt to disqualify (That's nuts.)
*Hurt, Douglass spar in 5th District debate ("The candidate squared off in a televised debate in Danville in front of a crowd of more than 200.")
*Representatives for Obama, Romney debate environmental issues at UR
*Jeff's Notes: Cut somebody else's handout.
*Hirschbiel-Rigell debate is set for Friday night
*McDonnell, Jindal stump for Romney in Portsmouth
*Dalai Lama preaches compassion, peace in visit to William & Mary
*Virginia Beach government pulls video about light-rail referendum
*Editorial: Don't blame FOIA for UVa's problems ("The board of visitors created the school's presidential mess, not open government.")
*Editorial: A chance to avoid a bad deal on the port ("The governor is overreaching his authority in trying to push through a privatization plan.")
*Griffin practices, prepares to play on Sunday
*Carpenter, Cardinals put Nationals in 2-1 hole

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Q Poll: Obama Leads in Virginia, 51%-46% (0.00 / 0)

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Strong support among women and blacks keep Obama ahead in Virginia: women back him 56 - 40 percent while men back Romney 52 - 45 percent. Whites go Republican 59 - 38 percent while blacks go Democratic 93 - 3 percent. Independent likely voters split with 48 percent for Obama and 46 percent for Romney.
The economy is the top election issue for 42 percent of voters, followed by health care at 16 percent, the budget deficit at 11 percent and Medicare at 9 percent.
Voters say 54 - 42 percent that Obama would best handle health care; 55 - 40 percent that he would do a better job on Medicare and 55 - 42 percent that he would best help the middle class. Romney would do better on the budget deficit, voters say 51 - 43 percent.
Romney has strong leadership qualities, Virginia voters say 64 - 30 percent, compared to 62 - 37 percent for Obama.
Obama cares about their needs and problems, voters say 63 - 34 percent, compared to Romney's slightly negative 46 - 49 percent.
Romney won last week's debate voters say 70 - 17 percent and Ryan will win tonight's debate with Biden, Virginia voters say 41 - 36 percent.
In Virginia's U.S. Senate race, Democrat Tim Kaine leads Republican George Allen 51 - 44 percent. Independent voters back the Democrat 51 - 42 percent.
Virginia voters approve 52 - 29 percent of the job Gov. Bob McDonnell is doing.
A total of 84 percent of voters say the federal government is "very important" or somewhat important in creating jobs in Virginia.
"One reason why the president is doing better in Virginia than some other swing states could be that Virginians feel a little better about the economy than voters in other states," Brown said. "It is more difficult for Mitt Romney to go into Virginia with its sub 6 percent unemployment rate than in many other states and convince voters they should fire Barrack Obama for not doing enough to fix the economy."

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