NBC/Wall Street Journal poll: Obama up 2, Kaine 5 in Virginia
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist College poll of Virginia voters has Democrat Barack Obama leading Republican Mitt Romney by a two-point margin in the presidential race, and has Democrat Tim Kaine ahead of Republican George Allen by five points in the U.S. Senate race.
Obama was at 48 percent and Romney was at 46 percent in the poll. Obama had held a 49 percent-to-46 percent lead in a September NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist College poll of Virginia voters, suggesting a slight narrowing of the race in recent weeks. Read more
AAA: Gas prices continue gradual declines
Prices at the pump continue to retreat from an atypical September rally of daily gas price records, where prices peaked at $3.87 per gallon nationally.
Despite these record highs, prices have begun to decrease following the end to the summer driving season, the resolution of regional supply and distribution issues, and the end of summer-blend gasoline specifications for much of the country on September 15.
The national average price for a gallon of regular self-serve gasoline fell to $3.79 per gallon Friday, 4 cents lower than one week ago and a penny below month ago prices. However, gas prices are 32 cents above year ago prices. Read more
Luray loses VBL’s Wranglers
The Luray Wranglers are moving out of town.
The Valley Baseball League voted this week to approve the proposal of team president Brett Fuller to move the team to Charles Town, W.Va., where the team will be known as the Charles Town Cannons.
The move brings to an end one of the VBL’s most successful franchises. The Wranglers won Valley League championships in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
The team will be greatly missed in Luray, but the countless memories are all close to our hearts. We wish great success to the Charles Town Cannons.
Allen TV ad hits Kaine on debunked tax claim
The George Allen Senate campaign is on the air with a new TV spot that raises a debunked claim that rival Tim Kaine is open to a tax increase.
“As Virginia faces over 200,000 jobs lost under the failed Washington deal Tim Kaine supported, his answer once again is to raise taxes on small business owners,” said Mike Thomas, campaign manager for George Allen for U.S. Senate, pushing the new Allen TV spot, titled “Accountable,” which riffs off a Kaine statement at a Sept. 20 Senate debate. Read more
AG: Goode will remain on Viriginia presidential ballot
There were irregularities in the ballot petitions submitted by Constitution Party presidential candidate Virgil Goode in his effort to get on the presidential ballot in Virginia, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said Friday.
But the irregularities were not enough in the AG’s mind to prevent Goode from being certified for ballot access in the November election.
“We call them like we see them,” Cuccinelli said. Read more
Former GOP rival endorses Allen for Senate
Former Republican Senate primary candidate Jamie Radtke said Thursday that she is endorsing former opponent George Allen in his general-election race against Democrat Tim Kaine.
“Based on George Allen’s newly detailed plans to restore fiscal sanity to Washington, I endorse George Allen,” Radtke wrote in an email to supporters. Read more
