Political Punch

I can't wait for the election to be over (and with Obama hopefully the winner) so the McCain/Red "people" such as Palin, Joe the Plumber,Pfotenhauer, Castellanos, Bay Buchanan, Kevin Madden, et. al. can go back to their day jobs (in other words OFF MY TV SCREEN....)

Pfotenhauer is probably too young to remember that the "democrats" from D.C. that's she's talking about "moved in" to northern VA (and elsewhere) about 4 decades ago. The exodus from Washington, DC began in the early 1960s, and ended long before today. If anything, some folks are moving back.

The woman says she lives in Oakton, which is about as red an area as you'll find in NOVA.

The Iron Range? WHAT? The Iron Range is sort of Democratic in much the same way that the Vatican is sort of Roman Catholic.

Born and raised in Herndon here (5 minutes from Oakton). The state has long been red, even in NoVA until recently. If you look at the population EXPLOSION in NoVA over the past 2 decades, you'll see that a great percentage of the current NoVA population are indeed transplants. Virginia may be changing, but she's right that historically, VA is GOP all the way, and that a major factor in the political shift are non-native Virginia's. Regardless, presidential elections these days are pretty lame.. this whole campaign-by-sound-bite deal makes it impossible to get a good picture of the actual policies in question. Presidential Election = beauty pageant/popularity contest.

Northern Wisconsin and the Iron Range are responsive to the McCain message? Too bad for her and McC that you can't even come close to winning Minnesota or Wisconsin by winning those areas. N. Wisconsin has half a million people. The total state population is 5.5 million. The Iron Range has a pop. of 300K out of a total state pop. of 5.1 million. Looks like Palin wasn't the only McC's only staffing mistake.

What can you say...the McCain campaign really knows how to pick a winner....over and over again.

They all seem to be wearing their hair up, have ear to ear smiles while saying the most hateful, stupid things, and seem to live on another planet...one that does include only those who look like themselves.

Every wonder why Ms. Pfotenhauer always wears a turtleneck? Her neck is as long as a goose, almost as long as her nose gets when she starts lying.

To stoop so low in order to get votes.

Next the McCain people will issue terrorist threats just as Bush's people did....twice... before the 2004 election. It all came to naught just like the Saddam threat.

Remember the Baltimore native, H.L. Mencken, who said: "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

First off, I live in NoVA and went to school in southern VA. Ive seen both sides of this "debate" if youll call it that and all you Obama supporters turning this into a "I must live in fake Virginia" drive me insane. NoVA people including the media tend to forget that there are a lot more people in Virginia who tend to be Republican. Charlottesville, Richmond and DC are major Democratic hubs. No polls are reaching the VAST areas who have Republican congressman and Republican voters. Real Virginia means all of Virginia including the Repubs people tend to forget. Just because NoVA has more Democratic support, doesnt mean Virginia is turning Democratic.

I was born in the "real" Virginia. Two of my ancestors were governors of Virginia. I am so happy to be living in "Northern Virginia," whose citizens embody the ideals of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington and other distinguished Virginians as much - or more - than do those in other areas of the Commonwealth.
In her snide and artificial divisions, Nancy Pfotenhauer only betrays the sub-human American that she is. Maybe Wasilla would be a better place for her to live than Oakton.

I don't live in the REAL Virginia? Then why have I been paying Real Virginian taxes all this time? You know, those Northern VA taxes that end up funding the rest of the Commonwealth's infrastructure. So much for being against the redistribution of wealth in VA.

Ridiculous. I'm from NoVa, and I'm a real Virginian.. who is REALLY voting for Barack Obama because of absurd statements like that. When did being democratic become 'anti-america' or 'fake america' total b.s.! painting american citizens who want change and exercise their right to vote as unpatriotic is pathetic. Kind of like the McCain campaign and Nancy Pfotenhauer.

Sorry mara. Previous quote by Christie.

Where does he get these Advisers from?

It appears that most of his advisors talk before thinking.

So much for judgement!

"Birds of the same Feathers"

Wow, that McCain spokesperson is an idiot. just like McCain. I'm putting my coutry first and voting for Obama.

This is a FAT hanging curveball for Obama to wack out of park. He's got to do a rally in NoVa and introduce some veterans, PLUMBERS, firefighters, and teachers who live and work in NoVa and support him.

Republican Notion of "Freedom of Religion"

You are free to be a Baptist, Methodist, or Presbiterian

Being in Charlottesville, I apparently live in "real VA"? (Another stupid comment following the one by Palin. Are they intentionally trying to alienate voters?)

The enthuisiam for Obama here is like no other election I've witnessed. The old school Pubs are fading away and there is no new support for them. Democrat's numbers are WAY up!

We've voted for Webb(Dem), former Gov Warner will most likely take the other Senate seat(Dem), and Obama will take the state in the Presidential race!

VA IS TURNING BLUE!

As a side note: Dave Matthews is doing a free show in Richmond to support Obama. HUGE SHOW. Dave is from Charlottesville.

The Pentagon is in "Northern Virginia" where 184 Americans died on 9/1/2001.

More insults from the Rep's or McCain's campaign spokeperson. Nice, lose another state for McCain.