Virginia is the new Florida

On election night 2000, the late Tim Russert famously answered "Florida, Florida, Florida" to the question: Which state would be pivotal to the outcome. 

The same thing might be said of Virginia come election night.  I floated this theory on Fox and Friends yesterday:  Virginia is the new Florida.

It's a state that the Democrats haven't won since 1964, but that has undergone a bit of a Democratic revival the past few years with the election of Senator James Webb, and former Governor Mark Warner and current Governor Tim Kaine. 

Obama's camp thinks it has a real shot at Virginia's 13 electoral votes.  Though Bush won it fairly handily twice, all the polls show a dead heat at this point, and Obama is pouring a ton of resources into the state.  It may be the most visited state by both candidates come election day.

And it's no coincidence that two Virginians -- Governor Tim Kaine and Representative Eric Cantor -- have made it onto Obama and McCain's respective Veep shortlists.  Anything that can tip the balance of power won't be ruled out. 

It could be a simple matter of who has a better turn-out-the-vote operation.  Obama has invested heavily in new voter registration and a grassroots organization, and he proved during the primary that he could get people to the polls.  McCain won't be able to match Obama on resources, but he does have the advantage of a numerical head-start. 

Any why is Virginia so important? If it goes for Obama, it means McCain will have to win a traditional Democratic big state -- basically Pennsylvania or Michigan (since Minnesota and Wisconsin are real long shots) -- and possibly both if Obama also wins Colorado and New Mexico, where he is already leading.  Put simply, a Virginia loss would make the math very difficult for McCain.

Comments

[Amy]

What's it matter? If virginia is the new florida, they're just going to get new electronic voting machines that will 'confuse' all of ithe state's voters to conveniently vote republican... no biggie, right?

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