FamilyFoundationBlog.com

Annotations & Elucidations 

Polls, Debates And Third Party Ads

It’s all about the race to Richmond now (except for a new twist on the Senator Norment situation). Even CBS News is jumping into the coverage. With two weeks left there’s a bombardment of polls by every pollster this side of Minsk who wants to play Kreskin. Today, two more were released: One from Christopher Newport University and one from Clarus Research Group. In the campaign for governor, CNU has Republican Bob McDonnell up by 14 (not likely) but his running mate, Lt. Governor Bill Bolling, up by just a few (even less likely), while Republican attorney general candidate, Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-37, Fairfax), up by something more than a handful (we’ll buy that; it’s consistent with other polls). Clarus is more in line with the Mason-Dixon and the Washington Post polls: McDonnell up eight, Bolling up seven (still seems light) and Cuccinelli up eight, but with many more undecideds in the latter two races.

If there aren’t enough polls for you, the third party ads are in high gear now: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the NRA have jumped in on McDonnell’s behalf, though not likely offsetting the big labor putsch for Democrat Creigh Deeds. Debates are also in high gear as tonight’s last gubernatorial version should be fun, especially since it is not on statewide television (embarrassing). Democrat Jody Wagner and Lt. Governor Bolling got into it last night. A math test for Ms. Wagner would’ve been more fun, though.

But will any of this matter? The Dems don’t think so. Virginia Democrat Party Chairman Dickie Cranwell says his side’s get-out-the-vote machinery will do the trick. That’s why President Obama is coming in for Senator Deeds. Of course, the last three elections the Republicans bragged about their turnout operation as well. Ask Governor Kilgore. But if the Dems can confound the pollsters, it’ll be because of their newfound and robust voter rolls and sheer force of numbers. Right now, it’s their only chance. 

News:

McDonnell Pulls Away in Va. Gov. Race; Tie in N.J. (CBSNews.com)

CNU poll: McDonnell holds double-digit lead in Va. gov race (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot)

McDonnell Expands Lead in Virginia Governor’s Race: GOP tops all three statewide elections in new Clarus Poll (ClarusRG.com)  

NRA’s New Ad: McDonnell Protects You From “Them” (TheAtlantic.com)

Deeds campaign to focus on getting Obama supporters to polls (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Deeds races to hook true-blue Democrats (Washington Post)

Deeds, McDonnell to debate for last time tonight (Washington Post)

Lieutenant governor hopefuls’ debate becomes heated (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Lt. Gov. candidates spar over attendance (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot)

In Sept., Dems outspent GOP in Va. House contests (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot)

Garrett and Valentine spar on taxes, transportation, tuition (Lynchburg News & Advance)

Economy, jobs key issues in 7th District (Roanoke Times)

Sen. Norment and Attorney General’s office release opinion on W&M job (The Shad Plank Blog)

More than 36,000 people logged on to the live  stoptheabortionmandate.com pro-life Webcast Thursday night. If you could not participate, click the link above to find out what you missed. However, if you want to take part in one live, or if you watched the first one and want to know yet more on the issue of taxpayer funded abortion on demand in the proposed government run health care legislation, as well as other aspects contrary to the life issue (such as stripping away medical professionals’ conscience protections), then Family Research Council Action President Tony Perkins is inviting you to participate in its live pro-life Webcast this Tuesday, July 28, at 8:30 p.m. Below is Tony’s letter inviting all who are interested:

President Obama and the Democratic leadership have ignored the moral, ethical, and financial threats of a government takeover of health care. Just this week, President Obama told CBS News he didn’t want to “wade into” the debate over whether taxpayers should be forced to pay for abortions within his health care takeover.

The President has already “waded in” — in fact, he’s up to his neck in a plan that would compel Americans to pay for abortion-on-demand. Opposition is building in Congress and across the country against the Obama proposal, which would flood the coffers of the abortion industry.

To learn the story the networks won’t tell you, to get the depth of perspective the networks can’t give you, and to point the way forward on such a critical issue as health care, join me, along with FRCAction’s respected experts as we are joined by key Congressional leaders for an exclusive Webcast beginning at 8:30 pm. EDT on Tuesday, July 28.

During the Webcast, we will give you a behind-the-scenes look at the fight to:

» stop taxpayer funding of abortion,
» protect the conscience rights of health care workers, and
» prevent a government takeover that will impose a massive tax and debt burden on you and your family.

Please join us, and forward this on to your friends and family as we seek to bring together millions of concerned Americans to take united action against this government takeover plan.

Tune-In Tuesday at 8:30 pm ET for this Special FRC Action Webcast on the Moral, Ethical and Financial Dangers of the President’s Health Care Reform Plan.

Standing (Ephesians 6:13),

Tony

Tony Perkins
President

We know you will find this informative and very much worth your while, and hope you will find the time to log on to this Webcast.

Yesterday, we posed six questions we’d love to hear asked during tonight’s final presidential debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama.

However, now that we have Democrat Congressman Steve Cohen teaching the Gospel from the House floor (whatever happened to the separation of church and state?) and calling Jesus a “community organizer” and Pontius Pilate a governor (see here), more than implying Obama is the “messiah” and Governor Sarah Palin (see video, slide show here) is a murderer; and now that America’s most lovable and respected religious figure, Louis Farrakhan, has prophesied that Obama is the “messiah,” (see here) this is what we hope to hear CBS News reporter, and tonight’s moderator, Bob Schieffer, ask Senator Obama:

Is Representative Cohen right: Was Jesus a community organizer? If so, is Louis Farrakahn right — are you, in fact, the “messiah”?

After all, isn’t time we hear from the man himself on this issue? A world anxiously waits to know if it is in the presence of the Second Coming.

God help us if Obama replies, “It is you who say I am.”