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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A new CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corp. poll has Barack Obama up by nine points in Virginia over John McCain in the 2008 presidential race. The poll, released today, has the Democrat leading McCain by a 53 percent-to-44 percent margin. The last CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll in Virginia, taken two weeks…
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Op-ed by Al Weed and Bobbie Joe Gardner Earlier this year the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill requiring investor owned electric companies to notify their customers about the possibility of buying renewable power. In asking the utilities to do something innovative, the General Assembly has also given the power of choice to the utility…
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The Obama-Biden campaign today released a new TV ad that will air in Virginia, “Figured,” highlighting Barack Obama’s record as a champion of clean-coal technologies. Length: 30 seconds [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz8f3VK5eyI]
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The Obama-Biden campaign released a new two-minute TV ad, “Same Path,” highlighting Barack Obama’s ideas for steering the U.S. out of its current financial crisis, on Tuesday. The ad is airing in markets across Virginia. Length: 2:00 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXqMAnv2Ans]
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Barack Obama holds a steady six-point lead in the daily tracking polls of Gallup and Rasmussen Reports, and the state numbers are looking good for the Democrat as well. Obama has a three-point lead in the Sunshine State according to Public Policy Polling. The PPP poll has Obama ahead among…
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Story by Riley Murray blueridgedata.blogspot.com In the swing state of Virginia, the deadline of Oct. 6 for voter registration is fast approaching. Across Virginia, voter registration efforts are breaking records. With the race for the White House entering its last full month, the focus is on the Shenandoah Valley region. This rural region, in the…
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Staff Report Five Bridgewater College athletics standouts will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in a ceremony on Friday night in the Kline Campus Center as part of BC’s Homecoming Weekend.
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Staff Report Why anybody would want to watch Virginia is anybody’s guess, but ESPNU seems to love the ‘Hoos. UVa.’s home game with Maryland is the prime-time game on The U Saturday at 7 p.m. The game will be the fourth straight for Virginia on ESPNU. Virginia Tech’s home game with Western Kentucky at 1:30…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] The years-long debate about Al Groh is over and done with now. It’s not a matter of if, basically, but who is going to be his replacement. Groh, in my estimation, survives the season, even as I can make the case for getting rid of him basically whatever Sunday morning…
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Column by David Cox “Which candidate do you trust?” When former governor Jim Gilmore asked that question in Buena Vista on Labor Day, roars arose from both sides: Republicans supporting him for Senate, and Democrats supporting his opponent, former governor Mark Warner. In that instant, Gilmore personalized this year’s Senate race. Gone were issues that…
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