"It shows that they're worried about Virginia"

Here's a sign that the McCain campaign could be worried that Obama has a real chance of winning in Virginia, a state that's historically voted red but has been trending blue.

The McCain camp has bought up ad time for a sixty-second spot in at least four major Virginia media markets, a Democratic ad buyer tells me. The markets: Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, and Tri-Cities.

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"It shows they're worried about Virginia," the buyer said.

Good, let's keep 'em worried.  Last night at the Arlington County Democratic Committee meeting, I heard things that certainly should do that, like Arlington's strategy for getting 80% turnout this November and 80% of that for Obama.  As ACDC chair Peter Rousellot explained on June 8, that would result in a 63,000 vote margin coming out of Arlington in 2008, compared to a 32,755 margin for Kerry/Edwards over Bush/Cheney in 2004.  [To put this in perspective, Bush/Cheney won Virginia in 2004 by 262,000 votes total]  Add in a possible 100,000-vote margin in Fairfax (Webb won Fairfax by 65,000 votes in 2006 with just 55% voter turnout), plus large margins in Richmond, Alexandria, Norfolk, Charlottesville, Albemarle, Hampton City, Newport News, Portsmouth City, and Henrico County, and you can see a path to victory for Barack Obama taking shape. No wonder why John McCain is worried.

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