God bless the Commonwealth and Virginia Politics
Virginia is the best state (Commonwealth) in the Union, bar none. We don’t have hanging chad issues, or election day controversies, but we do have unique character and characters (1 – 2 – 3).
We have the left up in arms over allegations of voter purging, and we have the right tossing a fit over teachers unions and electioneering in schools.
As a side note, let me go on record with a prediction. I don’t know who will emerge victorious on November 5th, 2008, the electorate is all over the map this year. Current polls show Obama up by between three and nine percent in Virginia, a week after a narrow McCain lead.
My firm prediction is that Virginia will not end up in the Democratic column after the dust settles. Virginia has not voted for a Democrat for President since 1964. Do not underestimate the power and the motivation of rural conservatives and social conservatives to turn out en masse when they are motivated to do so. Rural Virginians are motivated, more so than suburban moderates and liberals in Northern Virginia and urban democrats.
Prediction: McCain wins Virginia by 1.5% on election day.
