[Religion and Politics]

Manafort was just on Hannity stating they would be campaigning in Virginia next week and that Trump had pulled ahead there. Sounds like he is baiting the briar patch to me.

[HokieMom]

Loudoun County here they come! On the bell weather county short list!

[Mr Apple]

I hate to post this bad news -but it worries me quite at bit, and I have never been one to worry, but:

"Did Muslim Vote In Virginia Swing Senate Control"

'The Detroit Free Press reports Muslims played a critical role in the November midterm elections.

Imam Mahdy Bray, Speaking at a Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America convention in Dearborn, highlighted the effective effort to turn out Muslim voters in Virginia.

The effort was so organized that Muslim taxi drivers in northern Virginia took the day off to ferry Muslims to the polls, said Imam Mahdy Bray, a speaker at the convention. Volunteers also made phone calls to Muslims in Virginia to urge them to vote, he said.

As a result, Democrat James Webb ousted incumbent Republican George Allen by about 9,000 votes in a race in which 50,000 Muslims went to the polls -- 47,000 of them voting for Webb, Bray said.
[March 2007]

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If 96 percent of Muslims are going to vote Democratic, that would make them a more reliable Democratic constituency than African Americans.