Posted on 10/20/2010 8:11:25 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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| VA-09 Virginia District 9 Griffith (R) vs. Boucher (D) | Updated: Oct-19-2010 | |||||
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SOUTHWESTERN VA, TRI=CITIES TO LOWER SHENANDOAH VALLEY In an area largely defined by its dependence on the coal industry, Dem Rick Boucher’s national energy tax will be the major focus of the VA-09 race. He will be up against the state House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith - a pro-life, 2nd Amendment conservative who can win by highlighting Boucher's 97% support for Pelosi's radical agenda. (bw) |
Griffith (R) | 41 % | 14-Oct-2010 | |||
| Boucher (D) | 51 % | Survey USA | ||||
| Griffith (R) | 38% | 29-Sep-2010 | ||||
| Boucher (D) | 53% | Survey USA | ||||
| Griffith (R) | 40 % | 09-Sep-2010 | ||||
Rick Boucher (D) |
Morgan Griffith (R) |
Boucher (D) | 50% | Survey USA | ||
| $1,537,206 Total | $713,948 Total | Avg-Presidential-Vote | R+17 | |||
| $1,391,005 Cash | $292,895 Cash | KeyHouseRaces Rating | LEANS-D | |||
This will be a tough one. Boucher’s reputation for constituent service will help him keep votes he would otherwise have lost over his support of cap n tax.
The Washington Post had them tied at 44% each last night. Slick Rick may be on his way out.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2610511/posts
Agreed, Boucher is well known for “helping” the people of the Fightin’ 9th but here’s the catch...
No one can actually point to anything that he’s done.
His “help” is largely just for show. The economy there is still in shambles because of the local tendency to vote for the Democratic Party’s ideas and only a very few areas have seen any growth at all. The 9th makes up some of the poorest areas of Virginia, yet holds some of the richest natural resources in the Commonwealth. The problem? A welfare/leecher/Democrat mentality that prevades all aspects of life in that area.
It sucks, because I was born and raised there and still think of it as home, but it’s become a swamp of drugs, crime and unemployment and it all goes back to Boucher and the Democrat idea of letting the government take care of you.
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