Obama Campaigns in "Real" Virginia

By: Maria Gavrilovic
Topics: Barack Obama

(CBS)

From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(LEESBURG, VA.) - Barack Obama wrapped up a full day of campaigning in Virginia today – where his surrogates repeatedly warned the crowds of thousands that Obama is still an underdog despite leading in most major polls. At a rally in Ida Park tonight, Gov. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said, "It's looking good now, but we have not done this for 44 years. We've gotta assume that we are the underdog in this race until we break the string and claim the victory."

On this crisp, autumn evening, over 30,000 people flooded the park and the downtown area of the city. Just moments after taking the stage, Obama told the crowd that it felt good to be in "real" Virginia. "This looks like authentic Virginia and y'all look like a bunch of Virginians," he said to cheers.

Last week, McCain senior adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer suggested that the Republican nominee would win the state because he is doing better in the southern part of the state or, as she called it, "real Virginia."

Tonight, Obama dismissed the notion that the state is divided into liberal or conservative parts.

"I've been traveling across this great state of Virginia for months. I've met folks everywhere I go. I haven't seen a real Virginia and a fake Virginia, I've just seen Virginia," Obama said. " I've met folks down in Martinsville and folks up here in Leesburg who are worried about their jobs, their schools, their health care."

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by pauljames55 October 23, 2008 1:16 PM EDT: Hello Virginia The Constitution is at risk
BERG v. OBAMA et al
Plaintiff Philip J. Berg alleged that Defendant Barack Obama is not eligible for the Office of the President because Obama lost his U.S. citizenship when his mother married an Indonesian citizen and naturalized in Indonesia. Plaintiff further alleged that Obama followed her naturalization and failed to take an oath of allegiance when he turned 18 years old to regain his U.S. citizenship status.

Our Constitution is at risk. Where is the MEDIA???Obama has been asked by the courts to prove his eligibility to be President by providing proof of citizenship. Mr. Berg is a lawyer and a Democrat. As of yesterday neither Obama nor the DNC has provided evidence and over the past month has filed motion after motion to dismiss this lawsuit filed in Philadelphia PA. Why not just produce the proof and end the mystery? Follow the link and read the actual court filed documentshttp://docs.justia.com/cases/fe
deral/district-courts/pennsylvania/paedc
e/2:2008cv04083/281573/27/ This is latest document posted out of 27 filed. Here is a link to all of them.http://dockets.justia.com/docket/co
urt-paedce/case_no-2:2008cv04083/case_id
-281573/ If Obama is elected and it is later discovered that he is not a citizen then the Constitution is useless.; Reply to this comment


by gettin_angry October 23, 2008 4:37 AM EDT: How long before Jane Fonda decides to show her face? I would have thought she would have liked to spit on McCain sometime before the election.; Reply to this comment


by gettin_angry October 23, 2008 4:36 AM EDT: " Anyway, I am glad the voters paid for his campaign rather than special interest groups. The average donation is under $200."

Because the small amounts are untraceable. Probably millions from the Iranians and Hamas.; Reply to this comment


by gettin_angry October 23, 2008 4:34 AM EDT: You lefties are heading for a huge let down. The press is spinning like mad to create the aura of momentum ofr Obama. The right doesn''t buy into it as we know the game.

If you''ve got your hopes up thinking that the big mo is real, then you''re going to be sorely surprised in a couple weeks.

As you will recall, we already went through this during the primaries when Obama''s "perceived" support didn''t materialize in state after state. He won most of them but barely. If I remember right, they had him cleaning up in Indiana but he either lost it or just barely won...the point is, the press had overstated his support by massive amounts...and coincidentally, it was an important state.

This is your party''s game so don''t be blaming us for stealing the election just because you have swallowed the hook line and sinker.; Reply to this comment


by wetodditmcan October 23, 2008 3:18 AM EDT: I guess you could say that Barack bought his way to the office, I guess you could say that about all of them though. Anyway, I am glad the voters paid for his campaign rather than special interest groups. The average donation is under $200. How a person runs a campaign is how they may run the country.

George Stephanopoulos talked to one top Republican campaign official who says Barack Obama''s ground game is unlike anything we''ve ever seen before:

"This is the greatest ground game they''ve ever put together," he told ABC News on the condition of anonymity. "It''s scary."

He said Obama holds a considerable ground game advantage over McCain and suggests the Democratic nominee has hundreds of paid staffers in each state.; Reply to this comment


by kansas1946 October 23, 2008 2:52 AM EDT: Man, the kooky conspiracy theorists are out in force tonight! Must be because we are getting close to Halloween.; Reply to this comment


by slayrre007 October 23, 2008 2:51 AM EDT: Funny how a first term Senator has received more money in campaign donations than any other figure in American political history.

And yet.... the two main groups that support him are college students (no money) and african americans (highest poverty level group) in this country. Oh...and Barack Obama has the support of Muslim radicals...hmmmmm...

Don''t think for a moment that Barack''s campaign coffers isn''t being funded from every single country that opposes America. When terrorist organizations with money support you...their "dirty money" will make its way into your pocket.

All Barack Obama is doing is saturating the field and drowning out McCain because of "this money".

I am worried... that... by the time we uncover this domestic and international corruption... Barack will have bought his way into the White House.; Reply to this comment


by slayrre007 October 23, 2008 2:49 AM EDT: Obama comes from corrupt Chicago politics and has the most liberal voting record in Congress...when he decides to vote. Obama has 130 %u201Cpresent%u201D votes on controversial issues. That...in itself...is a strong sign of someone who lacks leadership.

William Ayers is a terrorist who should have been executed years ago. This terrorist got off on a technicality. In 2001...when Obama was in Ayers back pocket...Mr. Ayers made the statement that he did not bomb enough.

ACORN is a very corrupt political organization (voter registration fraud, intimidating voters, etc) supporting the Democratic party. This is why Barack gave them almost a million dollars recently.

NONE OF US KNOW IF BARACK IS A CLOSET RADICAL MUSLIM OR NOT. What we do know is that he had two radical Muslim fathers, attended a Muslim school at one time, adopted a preacher for 20 years that is anti-American and anti-American way of life, strongly endorsed by Louis Farrakhan, supported by terrorist groups like Humas and dictators like the Castro family. YOU DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS%u2026!

IF BARACK OBAMA IS A RADICAL MUSLIM%u2026.all the signs were there from the start. He has gravitated and aligned himself with people that hate America. To not consider this when electing a man to the Presidency of the United States...may prove to be a generational mistake that may forever damage this country. ARE WE REALLY STUPID ENOUGH TO TAKE THAT RISK%u2026?; Reply to this comment


by kansas1946 October 23, 2008 2:49 AM EDT: The Taliban will bribe him with opium and he will be dealing out of the WH. Are people nuts! This man admitted to cocaine use.
Posted by jesuit12 at 10:24 PM : Oct 22, 2008
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LMAO; Reply to this comment


by slayrre007 October 23, 2008 2:48 AM EDT: Let me start by saying that I voted against George W. Bush in both elections and in both elections I predicted he would lead this country to ruin.

Now I will be voting for John McCain in November for many reasons...including having the insight to recognize that our country is better off with a moderate Republican than a far left hardcore liberal like Obama (with a Democratic controlled Congress).

As for Barack Hussein Obama...once Barack, as Commander-In-Chief, is given our countries top military secrets... he will find a way to give the information to his "brothers" in the middle east. For anyone that doesn''''t think this is possible...think again.

How soon Americans everywhere forget how unprepared we were for 9/11. Intellectually we could not accept the real danger of such an attack. Now we are unprepared to accept the real threat that the next attack to destroy America will come from within....that threat is Barack Obama.

This country has sold out common sense and intelligence in their efforts to prove that a black man can become elected President. Not measuring Barack Obama''s character and political allegiance by his association with people like Rev. Wright, Louis Farrakhan, Tony Rezko, and William Ayers or organizations as corrupt as ACORN... is unforgivable.

Obama will finish the job of ruining this country started by George W. Bush...but Barack will prove to be the catalyst to the final fall of America and the ending of the American way of life.; Reply to this comment