Obama cruising in Virginia

The most improbable of Democratic victories in a reliably red state in years may be well on its way to becoming reality as Obama continues to easily hold off McCain in a new poll out of Virginia. Obama is in front with an 8-point lead as we rapidly approach only one week before Election Day.This lead is a sizable increase from the last Washington Post/ABC poll out of Virginia last month. Then Obama led by only 3 over McCain.

Obama is dismantling McCain in the Commonwealth over the GOP nominee’s ties to President Bush, the ability to bring unspecified “change” to Washington, and who would be best to handle the current economic crises. Other than a few minor points of concern and skepticism from Virginia voters over Obama, the Democrat has seemingly rebuffed any and all attempts by the GOP -0 in VA and every other battleground - to take over the campaign dialogue and get emotions and anger flowing over anything from Obama’s past to his “spread the wealth” tax plans.

As Virginia goes so goes the election?

By wide margins, Virginia voters think that Obama is the candidate who would do more to bring needed change to Washington, who understands the economic challenges people are facing and who is the more honest and trustworthy of the two rivals. Still, there remains widespread apprehension over whether the Democratic nominee would make a good commander in chief.

McCain’s path to the White House is very difficult without Virginia’s 13 electoral votes, and Obama now leads the senator from Arizona 52 percent to 44 percent in the new poll.

Obama is also making headway in the more rural regions of Virginia, outside the left-leaning D.C.Beltwa.

Obama has an almost 2 to 1 advantage over McCain in Northern Virginia, surpassing even the 60 percent mark that Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) and Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) racked up in the region during their successful campaigns in 2005 and 2006.

Obama is also performing far better elsewhere in Virginia than Democrats have done in recent state and federal elections. He and McCain each drew 48 percent of the vote outside Northern Virginia, a signal that Obama’s repeated visits, as well as his multimillion-dollar advertising blitz, has softened the GOP base in the more rural parts of the state.

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