Republicans rally as Virginians turn against Obama

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Republicans rally as Virginians turn against Obama

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/30/virginia-governor-election-barack-obama

Re-energised Republicans portray Virginia governor's race as a referendum on Obama, and polls suggest his man will lose

* Chris McGreal in Manassas, Virginia
* guardian.co.uk, Friday 30 October 2009 18.35 GMT
* Article history

Nancy Breeden was not sucked in by the euphoria that swept Barack Obama to power and landed him the first victory by a Democratic presidential contender in Virginia in more than four decades.

"I was going to vote for John McCain but it terrified me that if anything happened to him we would have this totally ignorant woman as president. So I voted for Obama as the lesser of two evils," said the 77-year-old, as she half-watched the news on a television larger than almost anything else in her living room.