Virginia News Headlines: Monday Morning

by: lowkell

Mon Oct 15, 2012 at 06:35:39 AM EDT

*Post-ABC poll finds Obama, Romney in virtual dead heat (FYI, what the Post calls a "virtual dead heat" is actually Obama leading 50%-43% among RVs, 49-46% among LVs. Fascinating how that works. Heh.)
*Libyan Ambassador's Death Not a Political Issue, Says Dad (In other words, Ambassador Stevens' father wants Willard to STFU and stop politicizing his son's death. I couldn't agree more.)
*No Shame ("The ugly truth is that the same people who are accusing the administration of not providing sufficient security for the American consulate in Benghazi have voted to cut the State Department budget, which includes financing for diplomatic security.")
*Fear-Chucker: Fox Contributor Mark Sanford Says Obama To 'Throw A Lot Of Spears' At Debate ("Former South Carolina Governor and Fox News contributor Mark Sanford wandered off the Appalachian Trail again Sunday morning when, in yet another completely isolated example of a Republican being totally-not-racist even though he sounds racist, said that President Obama is going to "come out and throw a lot of spears" at Tuesday's upcoming debate.")
*Arlen Specter dies; he was Pennsylvania's longest-serving senator (RIP)
*Romney the product (What's most amusing is to see conservatives get enthusiastic about a guy who believes absolutely nothing, including on issues like abortion, and will say anything simply to get elected.)
*NBC's Gregory Lets Bob McDonnell Misstate Obama's Tax Plan (Two shockers here: first, that David Gregory's incompetent; and second, that Bob McDonnell is a lying liar.)
*Obama to campaign Friday in Northern Virginia
*Deval Patrick, Craig Romney roll through Virginia
*Editorial: Playing politics with sequestration ("McDonnell still could embrace real compromise, send all of those letters and urge Congress to return to Washington immediately. He could, but he probably won't. That would require serious leadership, and that was not the purpose of sending a partisan letter in the final weeks of the presidential campaign.")
*Editorial: Last call for democracy ("Voters should check today to make sure they are registered then bring an ID on Election Day.")
*Rep. Paul Ryan to campaign Tuesday in Virginia (After losing his debate with Joe Biden, the Ayn Rand fanatic/smirking frat boy -  see photo above - comes back to Virginia to spew more lies. Fun times! LOL)
*Pre-debate, Obama hunkers down at Kingsmill resort
*Virginia Congress races aim to cross digital divide ("Rigell is known to wake up early and send tweets. He himself often posts messages to his 13,000 Facebook supporters-more than any Virginia congressman other than House Majority Leader Eric Cantor-seeking their comment on issues of the day. Hirschbiel's Facebook page showed a post-debate picture too, although it was put up mid-morning Saturday. He hadn't sent a tweet since Tuesday.")
*Douglass Marks 500th Campaign Stop ("Douglass said he feels good about where his campaign -- and Democrats in general -- are right now. He said there's a new momentum coming out of his debate last week with Republican incumbent Robert Hurt.")
*Obama visits Williamsburg campaign office ("President brings pizza to phone bankers; and sits down to make calls")
*Griffin dazzles in a victory over Vikings ("Robert Griffin III bounces back from a concussion in last week's loss to run for touchdowns of seven and 76 yards as Washington tops Minnesota, 38-26, to snap an eight-game home losing streak.")