Frederick, speaking for McCain’s volunteer base.

Time Magazine’s Karen Tumulty was dispatched to cover John McCain’s ground game in Virginia, and she ended up visiting the campaign’s Gainsville office with Del. Jeff Frederick. Tumulty describes in Time magazine the scene that she witnessed: With so much at stake, and time running short, Frederick did not feel he had the luxury of …

No winners, just a debate.

Just a quick thought: Nobody “won” the presidential debate tonight. It wasn’t the kind of a debate that anybody could win, in that it wasn’t game-like. Both were strong speakers. Personally I think that Barack Obama did a better job in a few regards, but I think it’s disingenuous for anybody to claim that there …

Obama ahead in polls.

Obama’s had a significant uptick in polling numbers in the past week, and is at or above 50% according to both Gallup and Rasmussen. All of the major polling houses have Obama on top, anywhere from 3 to 9%. We’re presumably seeing Obama’s bounce from the convention. It’ll be interesting to see if McCain gets …

The RPV’s changing veepstakes logic.

The RPV on the McCain naming Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate today: “John McCain hit it out of the park with his selection of Governor Palin,” said Delegate Jeffrey M. Frederick, Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia. “This is a bold, fresh, and exciting choice that clearly demonstrates that Republicans aren’t …

Governor Bolling: Good for Virginia Democrats.

I’ve spent the past couple of weeks mulling over the possibility of Tim Kaine getting the nod as Barack Obama’s running mate, and I’ve come to the decision that it wouldn’t be such a bad thing. On the whole, I think it would be good for the Obama campaign, good for Virginia Democrats, and certainly …

Confirmed: Iraqi PM endorsed Obama’s plan.

Caught on tape: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki endorsing Sen. Barack Obama’s troop withdrawal plan. So what does McCain do now? Go all paternal and say that he knows what’s best for Iraq, not Iraqis? Pretend this never happened? Or admit that Obama’s plan for a withdrawal timetable is apparently the right one?

Trying to put the timetable genie back in the bottle.

After Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki endorsed Sen. Barack Obama’s plan for withdrawing from Iraq (“U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right time frame for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes.”), Iraq is now desperately backpedaling, presumably after coming under intense pressure from the …