“but you’re living in a state that Barack Hussein Obama won handily — twice.”
Obama won the state twice, but not what you would call handily. He won with the same type of margins that he got in OH both years. And just like everyone of the 12 battleground states, he lost quite a bit of margin between 2008 and 2012.
Trump has a better chance of taking VA than Cruz would have had because Trump never said he would eliminate half of the Federal government agencies. In spite of the increase in Federal workers, VA is still there for the taking for the GOP.