Election ’08: Obama, Warner get nod in final pre-election polls

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gallup and Larry Sabato are calling it a Barack Obama landslide, and a summary of the other major national polls has the Democrat on the verge of making history. Gallup’s final pre-election estimate has Obama winning 55 percent of the vote to Republican John McCain’s 44 percent. Sabato, the University…

Waynesboro: Warner to visit on Sunday

Chris Graham

Staff Report U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner will make a campaign stop at the Waynesboro Democratic Committee ’08 Election Headquarters in Willow Oak Plaza on Sunday. Warner will stop at the headquarters to talk with volunteers and supporters at 1:30 p.m. Warner will also be in Staunton on Sunday at noon for a lunchtime meet…

Waynesboro: Warner campaign postpones scheduled visit

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Two Mark Warner campaign events scheduled for Monday in Waynesboro have been postponed. There was no word from the campaign as to why the events had to be taken off the schedule. An e-mail from the campaign noted that all events scheduled for Sunday and Monday had to be taken…

Waynesboro: Warner to visit on Monday

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Former Virginia governor Mark Warner will be in Waynesboro on Monday to make two U.S. Senate campaign stops. A 4:15 p.m. event is being planned at Rick’s BBQ in Downtown Waynesboro. Warner will meet and greet voters at Rick’s at the free public event. Earlier on Monday, Warner is scheduled…

Virginia: Warner backs Obama, campaign manager says

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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] “We’ve been doing everything we possibly can to make sure that we’re coordinated with the Obama campaign,” Mark Warner’s campaign manager, Mike Henry, told me today, responding to a column in the AFP last week in which I noted how Warner seemed to me to be playing it kind of…

Waynesboro: Moran stumps for Obama, Warner, has eyes on ’09 prize

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The last time Virginia went Democratic for president, gas was 25 cents, The Beatles were about to make their debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Ronald Reagan was still a Democrat, and Brian Moran was 5 years old. “A lot has changed, but this year, Virginia is going to elect…