Yet Republicans say Obama’s lumping together of Navy ships with “horses and bayonets” could harm him in the key battleground of Virginia...”
...this is ridiculous. I hope it’s true but I can’t see anyone casting their vote based on this stupid line. Especially in Virginia.
"...this is ridiculous. I hope it’s true but I can’t see anyone casting their vote based on this stupid line. Especially in Virginia."
It's not simply the line- it's everything behind it. Sequestration is going to cause havoc in VA.
I wouldn’t worry. Hampton Roads is losing a complete carrier group, and the non-BRAC initiated closure, pretty possibly politically motivated of a planning and intelligence segment earlier in the year are duly noted in The Won’s personnel file.
He’s toast.
Not the line itself, but this dismissal of the navy ships in general. More ships = shipyard work = Norfolk.
Jobs being lost at Norfolk is already the subject of Senate campaign ads in VA. (Living in the DC area, I get to see VA election ads too. Yay.) Obama is harming himself and Kaine in the process by being dismissive to the Navy's shipbuilding needs.