Via Greg L. at BVBL, it looks as if the “For Lease” signs are already up in what is/was the Deeds campaign offices in Prince William County:
UPDATE (9/7): The WashPo’s Monday Labor Day edition does little to dispel the notion that Deeds is pulling out of PWC, citing his struggle “against anonymity in Northern Virginia” which has led him to a strategy of shoring up what should be his natural constituency in small towns.
The amount of time Deeds spends in rural Virginia has also worried some Northern Virginia supporters, who say it would be a mistake to assume that their vote-rich region will fall in line behind him simply because he is a Democrat.
Then comes the quote, from Deeds himself, that lends credence to the speculation that Deeds is shutting down operations in Virginia’s second largest county:
Deeds notes that he spends about half his time “north of the Occoquan River”
Given that Prince William County is south of the Occoquan, that is a pretty telling sign right there that Deeds is now husbanding resources and starting to write-off whole counties.
UPDATE 2 (9/7): It has been 2 days now since this story first broke 9/5 on BVBL and there has not been any denials from the Deeds campaign. Their silence is speaking volumes.
Filed under: 2009 Elections, Creigh "What's In Your Wallet?" Deeds, Prince William County Politics
Good news to hear.
[...] Virginia Virtucon notes that the Washington Post’s Monday edition seems to lend to the theory that Creigh Deeds has conceeded Prince William County to Bob McDonnell and is trying to focus on rural Virginia and the Washington, D.C. suburbs. Citing the struggle “against anonymity in Northern Virginia”, Deeds seem to be playing defense in areas he certainly thought he would perform strongly in and working overtime to secure Democrat strongholds in Fairfax and Arlington. Putting up “for lease” signs in campaign field offices in Prince William County doesn’t bode well for this campaign, but essentially admitting to the Washington Post that Prince William County is unwinnable for him takes the Commonwealth’s third-largest jurisdiction off the table this November and really puts the viability of his campaign into question. The amount of time Deeds spends in rural Virginia has also worried some Northern Virginia supporters, who say it would be a mistake to assume that their vote-rich region will fall in line behind him simply because he is a Democrat. [...]
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Can someone tell me how anyone could believe in McDonnell’s transportation ‘plan’ when the feds would hve to appove tolls on 95 and 66……..if the feds could at all since the Federal Highway Act prohibits such tolls? And how privatiing ABC stores is economically feasible? Would take $100 million a year out of Va general funds; and borrow the rest…which would run our AAA bond rating down? I would like to know because if this is the best McDonnell can come up with, then Deeds does have the better/best plan………….c’mon…..tell me oh wise folks of the right!!
The tolls would not be in NOVA on 95 and 66. They’d be at the VA-NC border on 95 and 85.
The Federal Highway Act is routinely amended or waived. Not unheard of. All it takes is an act of Congress.
What good is having a AAA bond rating if you never use it to issue bonds?
And why should Virginia be in the liquor business to begin with?
Finally, do you realize just how much Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have raided out of the highway fund over the past 8 years? $100 million in general funds is a pittance for a core function of government such as transportation.