http://purplestatepundit.com/blog Political Commentary from the Other Side of the Potomac Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:20:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've lived in Virginia for a year and half now, but as a DC transplant living in Arlington, I'm not a "real Virginian" according to the McCain spokeswoman on TV this morning. But whether I live in "real Virginia" or not, I got to cast a real vote for Obama ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/fake-virginia/ Yes, the polls look great right now. Obama is ahead in by 8-11 points nationally, the Real Clear Politics map shows a possible Obama landslide, and absent some big event he's starting to look unstoppable. But there's still an elephant in the room, and we do Obama no favors by ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/we-dont-do-obama-any-favors-by-denying-the-possibility-of-the-bradley-effect/ At least, not the ones my grandma knows. My grandparents live in a retirement community in Delaware County, PA outside Philly. They both voted for Obama in the PA primaries (my 78-year-old grandmother even went door to door with me in Lower Merion the Saturday before), but a lot of their ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/anecdotal-report-hillary-voters-in-philly-suburbs-not-swayed-by-palin/ On Thursday night, after hearing Obama's amazing speech, I said to someone at the convention watch party that regardless of party or who people supported in the primaries, Obama's acceptance of the nomination was a historic moment that every American should be proud of, whether or not they were voting ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/thoughts-on-palin-mccains-decision-undermines-his-maverick-image/ Sorry for the lack of updates...between work and volunteering for the campaign I have been pretty busy. This past weekend I went out canvassing for Obama, Mark Warner, and Jim Moran in Arlington through the Arlington Democrats' coordinated campaign. It was the first time I had gone canvassing in Arlington, though ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/turning-virginia-blue/ I went to West Virginia Sunday with one of my coworkers to campaign for Obama. We went to Martinsburg, which is in the northeastern tip of the state, near the area where West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania all come together. For a Jewish girl who grew up in New Jersey, ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/on-the-ground-in-martinsburg-wv/ I know there has been a lot of back and forth already about Clinton's "hard working whites" comment, but I'm hoping to provide a balanced, civil approach. First, I want to say that I don't think she was trying to imply that black people are not hard-working. If anything, I think ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/why-clintons-comments-on-hard-working-whites-are-not-offensive-and-why-they-are/ As promised, here is my latest canvassing report. I drove up from DC this morning and arrived at the Obama headquarters in Wynnewood, PA, right outside Philadelphia, around 2 PM. They sent me to Narberth, which is in Montgomery County, less than 10 minutes from Philly. As I said in ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/narberth-pa-canvassing-report-what-a-difference-two-weeks-makes/ I was registered in New Jersey in 2004, and Kerry had the nomination sewn up long before I got to vote. Only a handful of states really got a genuine choice in the primaries in 2004, and nobody complained about it. I had volunteered for Dean for almost a year, getting ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/i-supported-dean-for-a-year-and-i-never-got-to-vote-for-him/ I'm not planning to use my blog to regularly hit my readers up for money, but I am pretty excited right now! I cross-posted the previous post at DailyKos and it made the rec list, and I got over $4,000 in contributions to my personal fundraising page. Who wants to ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/we-raised-over-4000-for-obama/