McDonnell's appeal spreads into the north.

As I've noted (several times) the endorsements just keep rolling in for the McDonnell campaign. In addition to the business endorsements on which I've already reported, he's also recently been endorsed by the Humane Society, the NRA, and the Fraternal Order of Police. Now, to that ever-growing list, he can add the Northern Virginia Technology Council.

This is more than just another business group. The NVTC is a forward-looking group of innovators representing about a thousand technology companies in the northern part of the Commonwealth. Democrats like to paint Republicans as backwards, Stone Age-technology luddites. This group, though, which represents over 200,000 emloyees in Northern Virginia, is considered to be "the voice of the Northern Virginia technology community".

From the official endorsement:

“While the NVTC TechPAC Board of Trustees has a great deal of respect for Creigh Deeds and his commitment to Virginia, the Trustees determined that Bob McDonnell is a strong leader with specific proposals to ensure Virginia remains a competitive and innovative global technology center,” said Dendy Young, TechPAC Chairman and Chairman and CEO of McLean Capital, LLC. “McDonnell has a consistent history of working closely with our technology industry and will build on his record of developing and supporting Virginia’s technology initiatives and on his long-term commitment to business development in the Commonwealth.”

While this is an important indicator of how those with their minds on staying competitive in a 21st-century world view their chances under the two major-party candidates, it also speaks to Bob McDonnell's demographic appeal. Northern Virginia is seen (by some) as merely a suburb of Washington, D.C.; and in some ways, it is. Many people who work in our nation's capital have their homes in the Commonwealth, and many of those people (this time around, at least) are Democrats. Though McDonnell lived part of his early life in the north, it's mostly seen as "Deeds" country. With this new endorsement, though, we can see that McDonnell is making gains in all parts of Virginia, and not just the south.

Yesterday, I mentioned two recent and fairly comprehensive polls which showed McDonnell holding a significant lead over Creigh Deeds. Was that poll reflective of this new shift in demographics, or can we expect an even bigger lead for McDonnell in the future because of it?

Less than five weeks to go.

(Read more about this latest endorsement here: http://www.bobmcdonnell.com/index.php/press_releases/details/mcdonnell_endorsed_by_northern_virginia_technology_council/ )

Sarkozy's Contempt for Obama

I don't have the greatest foreign policy chops, myself; but apparently, neither does the president.

When you're being lectured by France (by FRANCE!) on the need to be tough on terror, it should be a serious indicator that you've missed something.

Sarkozy's Contempt for Obama

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Just under five weeks to go

New numbers in the race for Virginia's top elected positions. I normally don't pay attention to poll numbers, as they tend to give me a headache; but this was a statewide poll, asking Virginians who they would prefer for Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General, and for all three positions, the Republican candidate leads by double digits.

Is this because Virginia is a southern conservative state? I doubt it. After all, we've had two Democratic governors in a row, we have two Democratic Senators in the United States Senate, and just last year, the Commonwealth's electoral votes all went to the Democratic candidate for president. Surely we haven't changed THAT much in less than a year.

Or maybe we have. I've blogged before about the tactics that Barack Obama used in the 2008 presidential election and how they wouldn't be as effective for Creigh Deeds. An attempt to tag Bob McDonnell as another George W. Bush fizzled on arrival, as Virginians had already seen that the two are virtually nothing alike. McDonnell is articulate, charismatic, intelligent, and a serious fiscal hawk, as opposed to our former president.

A sharper contrast can be drawn between McDonnell and Deeds, as their campaigns have been studies in opposites. McDonnell's ads have consistently been issue-driven, with not only plans and projects, but details on how to fund and implement them. Deeds' campaign, on the other hand, has been increasingly negative, and has focused on social issues that don't even address the voters' stated top priority: the economy. I'm not saying Deeds hasn't presented plans, but I can't remember one campaign ad that even dealt with anything other than McDonnell's thesis paper.

I couldn't tell you for sure why Virginia voted for Mark Warner, Jim Webb, Tim Kaine, or Barack Obama, but I would say it had far more to do with wanting representatives and leaders who are focused on solving problems than with social issues. We are still conservative here, and we do still like conservative candidates; but when it comes time to fill out that ballot, Virginians vote for the candidate with solutions. Bob McDonnell, Jim Bolling, and Ken Cuccinelli have those solutions.

Yeah, we haven't changed that much.

News7 Survey USA poll shows frontrunners in November elections - WDBJ7 Roanoke News and Weather NRV Lynchburg Danville

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Bob McDonnell on the issues, the economy, and even *gasp* his infamous college paper.

Bob McDonnell, the Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia appeared on Fox News Sunday, answering questions from Chris Wallace on the hot-button issues of Virginia's gubernatorial race. Wallace, never one to pull punches (especially with Republicans), asked questions on a host of significant issues, and even a few (in my opinion), insignificant ones.

Battleground Virginia

ABC7, POLITICO, and YouTube will be sponsoring a gubernatorial debate between Democrat Creigh Deeds and Republican Bob McDonnell on Tuesday, October 6, at 7 PM. If you want to watch, you can tune in to ABC7-WJLA television, or http://www.politico.com/.

If you want to submit questions for the debate, either text or video, then you have until midnight on Thursday, October 1, to do so. You can go through www.politico.com/battlegroundvirginia, where you can either type in a question or copy/paste a YouTube video URL. I think it's a great opportunity to ask important questions of the candidates. I've already posted a question on nuclear energy, not because I don't know the answer, but because I feel it's a good time for the candidates to make their positions clear to the voters.

If there's something you want to ask Creigh Deeds, Bob McDonnell, or both, then ask it now.

"Have you no shame?"

This is the stunned question asked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the United Nations earlier today. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been allowed to speak yesterday before the UN, and this prompted a serious rebuke from Netanyahu. I'd advise anyone, especially my own president, to consider his words before "negotiating" with another terrorist.

Sunstein: Force broadcasters to air 'diversity' ads

Sunstein: Force broadcasters to air 'diversity' ads

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You know, the government originally gave control of the airwaves to the people as a hedge against fascism. If the government tries to take back control, does that make the government fascist?