{"id":97010,"date":"2017-10-19T23:03:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T23:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/dems-need-more-than-meh-in-virginia-race.html"},"modified":"2017-10-19T23:03:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T23:03:44","slug":"dems-need-more-than-meh-in-virginia-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/dems-need-more-than-meh-in-virginia-race.html","title":{"rendered":"Dems need more than &#8216;meh&#8217; in Virginia race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t                            <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><br \/>\n\t                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/media2.foxnews.com\/BrightCove\/694940094001\/2017\/07\/01\/896\/504\/694940094001_5490080670001_5490068380001-vs.jpg?ve=1tl=1\" alt=\"Republican candidate for Virginia governor responds on 'Fox  Friends' \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Obama to campaign for Dem running for Virginia governor<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Republican candidate for Virginia governor responds on &#8216;Fox  Friends&#8217; <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">**Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day? Sign up\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">here<\/a>.**<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><b><i>On the roster: Dems need more than \u2018meh\u2019 in Virginia race &#8211; ObamaCare deal calms insurers\u00a0&#8211; Trump Twitter raid on Russia uranium deal &#8211;\u00a0Perez consolidates power at DNC &#8211; Clown clowned<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>DEMS NEED MORE THAN \u2018MEH\u2019 IN VIRGINIA RACE<br \/><\/b>If Democrats can\u2019t deliver a win in Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial election 19 days hence, they should shut down and reopen as a haunted house.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee the spine-tinglingly campaign finance reports!!! Hear the bloodcurdling voicemails from\u00a0<b>Debbie Wasserman Schultz<\/b>!!! Smell the horror of a goat cheese and red-pepper hummus sandwich one of the interns left downstairs!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have done well in recent cycles in gubernatorial races in Democrat-leaning states. Massachusetts, Maryland, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey and Wisconsin are all presently governed by Republicans. So it wouldn\u2019t be all together shocking for a state that had a strong Republican lead until about decade ago to replace Democrat Gov.\u00a0<b>Terry McAuliffe\u00a0<\/b>with a moderate Republican in the person of\u00a0<b>Ed Gillespie<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It would be a very Virginian kind of thing to do to replace the former chairman of the DNC with the former chairman of the RNC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But, we are told that 2017 is intensely different politically since this is the dawn of the era of\u00a0<b>Donald Trump<\/b>. When the previous new era was dawning eight years ago, Republicans\u2019 victories in both Virginia and New Jersey were correctly taken as evidence of a coming GOP wave in the 2010 midterms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Back then, the conclusion was that voters were unhappy about then-<b>President Obama<\/b>\u2019s overreach on health insurance and environmental regulations. Much like the surprise defeat of the Democrat running to replace the late Sen.\u00a0<b>Ted Kennedy<\/b>, it would be a warning the members of the party were unwilling to heed.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are looking to build precisely the same narrative in reverse in Virginia this year. Obama himself campaigns for Democrat Lt. Gov.\u00a0<b>Ralph Northam<\/b>\u00a0today in a bid to transfer his still considerable popularity in the Old Dominion into some enthusiasm for the pedestrian campaign stylings of Northam.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest Fox News\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">poll<\/a>\u00a0on the race shows, on average, what other surveys have indicated, that Northam is about 6 points ahead going into the home stretch. There\u2019s enough undecided left to cover the gap, but Gillespie would need a very strong closing act to win.<\/p>\n<p>If the race turns out the way polls suggest, let us suggest a different lesson altogether from Virginia 2017.<\/p>\n<p>If the establishment Democrat beats the establishment Republican by about the same margin that\u00a0<b>Hillary Clinton<\/b>\u00a0defeated Trump in Virginia last year, the real answer may be that the perceived Trump effect on American politics is not all it is cracked up to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0<b>Bob McDonnell\u00a0<\/b>thrashed Democrat\u00a0<b>Creigh Deeds<\/b>\u00a0one year after Obama became the first Democrat to win Virginia since\u00a0<b>Lyndon Johnson<\/b>, it was a strong reflection of a rising Republican tide. But replicating the quadrennial result one year later? Meh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Northam does not outperform Clinton in what has essentially turned in to a battle of two rather beige-seeming candidates, there would be serious reason to start hedging on Democrat dreams of converting national discontentment toward Trump into concrete wins for House and Senate seats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>THE RULEBOOK: LET\u2019S STAY TOGETHER\u00a0<br \/><\/b>\u201cThey can discover the danger at a distance; and possessing all the organs of civil power, and the confidence of the people, they can at once adopt a regular plan of opposition, in which they can combine all the resources of the community.\u201d \u2013\u00a0<b><i>Alexander Hamilton<\/i><\/b><i>, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Federalist No. 28<\/a><br \/><\/i><br \/><b>TIME OUT: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN\u00a0<br \/><\/b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">History:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cHopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General\u00a0<b>Lord Cornwallis <\/b>surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution. Lord Cornwallis was one of the most capable British generals of the American Revolution. \u2026 After conducting a series of raids against towns and plantations in Virginia, Cornwallis settled in the tidewater town of Yorktown in August. The British immediately began fortifying the town and the adjacent promontory of Gloucester Point across the York River. \u2026 On October 19, General Cornwallis surrendered 7,087 officers and men, 900 seamen, 144 cannons, 15 galleys, a frigate, and 30 transport ships. Pleading illness, he did not attend the surrender ceremony, but his second-in-command, General <b>Charles O\u2019Hara<\/b>, carried Cornwallis\u2019 sword to the American and French commanders. \u2026 Although the war persisted on the high seas and in other theaters, the Patriot victory at Yorktown effectively ended fighting in the American colonies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Flag on the play? &#8211;<\/b>\u00a0Email us at<br \/><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">HALFTIMEREPORT@FOXNEWS.COM<\/a>\u00a0with your tips, comments or questions.<\/p>\n<p><b>SCOREBOARD<br \/><\/b>Trump net job-approval rating:\u00a0<b>-21.2 points<br \/><\/b>Change from one week ago:\u00a0<b>down 0.8 points<\/b><\/p>\n<p>[<i>President Trump\u2019s score is determined by subtracting his average job disapproval rating in<\/i>\u00a0<i>the five most recent, methodologically sound public polls from his average approval rating, calculated in the same fashion.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>[Note:\u00a0<b>Dana Perino\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>Chris Stirewalt\u00a0<\/b>will be together for a special \u201cI\u2019ll Tell You What\u201d taping tomorrow, Friday October 20. Stay tuned!]<\/p>\n<p><b>OBAMACARE DEAL CALMS INSURERS\u00a0<br \/><\/b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">NYT<\/a>: \u201cThe new bipartisan health proposal is far from a cure-all for Obamacare\u2019s problems, but if it passed it would send health insurers a message they have sought all year: that it\u2019s safe to stay in the marketplaces. Insurers have already signed contracts and are making final arrangements to sell their products in time for next year\u2019s enrollment period, which begins on Nov. 1. Though the proposal would guarantee payments to health insurers that <b>President Trump<\/b>\u00a0canceled last week, and restore funding for Obamacare advertising that his Health and Human Services Department slashed, those changes would probably come too late to lower insurance prices or increase sign-ups significantly. But the deal proposed this week by Senator\u00a0<b>Lamar Alexander<\/b>, a Tennessee Republican, and Senator\u00a0<b>Patty Murray<\/b>, a Washington Democrat, has reassured insurance executives. It is aimed at quieting nervous markets and making clear that the Obamacare market will exist beyond this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>The Judge\u2019s Ruling: Obama\u2019s triumph &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Judge\u00a0<b>Andrew Napolitano\u00a0<\/b>explains how\u00a0<b>Barack Obama\u00a0<\/b>was successful with<b> <\/b>ObamaCare: \u201cCan the president spend federal dollars, whether from tax revenue or borrowing, without an express authorization from Congress, even if he is following a law that requires the expenditures? In a word, no. That\u2019s because the drafters of the Constitution feared the very situation confronted by Congress and Obama in 2013 &#8212; a law that is no longer popular, is no longer supported by Congress and costs money to enforce, with a president eager to enforce it and a Congress unwilling to authorize the payments.\u201d More\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Trump lobbies House to swallow Senate budget &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Reuters:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cPresident\u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0drive to overhaul the U.S. tax code headed for a pivotal moment on Thursday, with Senate Republicans poised to approve a budget measure that would help them pass tax legislation without Democratic support. The Senate and the House of Representatives must agree on a fiscal year 2018 budget resolution for Republicans to meet their goal of enacting a tax bill and sending it to Trump for his signature by the end of this year. The budget resolution contains a legislative tool called reconciliation, which would enable Republicans, who control the 100-seat Senate by a 52-48 margin, to move tax legislation through the Senate on a simple majority vote. Otherwise, tax reform would need 60 votes and would likely fail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Trump pushes for creation of a bipartisan tax reform group &#8211;<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Politico<\/a>: \u201cPresident Donald Trump suggested at a meeting with senators Wednesday that the Senate create a bipartisan working group for tax reform, surprising Republicans who\u2019ve been planning to pass a party-line bill, senators said afterward. As the Senate worked to advance a budget that would set up a partisan tax reform bill on Wednesday, the president repeatedly indicated at a lunch with senators from both parties that he wanted a bipartisan process headed by Senate Finance Chairman\u00a0<b>Orrin Hatch<\/b>\u00a0(R-Utah) and ranking member\u00a0<b>Ron Wyden<\/b>\u00a0(D-Ore.), senators said. While everyone in the room nodded along with Trump\u2019s hopes for bipartisanship, there was no agreement among senators to actually create such a group, which is viewed by some Republicans as redundant to the existing Finance Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>GOP Senate members want McConnell to beef up schedule &#8211;<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Axios<\/a>: \u201cNine Republican senators have signed a letter to\u00a0<b>Mitch McConnell<\/b>\u00a0calling on him to \u2018turn the Senate on full time, 24\/7, to advance the president\u2019s agenda.\u2019 The senators write that \u2018perversion of Senate rules\u2019 by Democrats, \u2018designed to imperil\u2019 Trump\u2019s agenda, necessitates the step. This comes after McConnell\u00a0told Senate Republicans\u00a0that he planned to keep them working more Fridays and weekends. It shows the pent up frustration Republicans are feeling after a series of legislative setbacks. It\u2019s an inconvenient reality, however, that several GOP senators, including\u00a0<b>Chuck Grassley<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Joni Ernst<\/b>\u00a0from Iowa, have been holding up EPA nominees to get their way on biofuels policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Rep. Pat Tiberi of Ohio expected to resign<\/b>\u00a0<b>&#8211;\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">NYT<\/a>: \u201c\u2026Representative\u00a0<b>Pat Tiberi<\/b>\u00a0of Ohio, a senior lawmaker with close ties to his party\u2019s leaders, is expected to resign and take up an executive post with a business group in his home state, according to three Republicans briefed on his plans. An abrupt departure by Mr. Tiberi, who is an influential member of the House Ways and Means Committee, would signal a\u00a0deepening level of discontent<br \/> among mainstream Republicans in Congress. \u2026 Mr. Tiberi, 54, could announce his plan to leave Congress as soon as this week, Republican officials said, though it is unclear when he intends to vacate his seat. \u2026 A sudden resignation would prompt a special election for Mr. Tiberi\u2019s seat, in a solidly Republican district outside of Columbus, the state capital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>TRUMP TWITTER RAID ON RUSSIA URANIUM DEAL<br \/><\/b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Fox News:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cPresident Trump accused the \u2018Fake Media\u2019 on Thursday of ignoring new details about the 2010 approval of a controversial uranium deal with a Russian company, amid scrutiny of potential \u2018conflicts of interest\u2019 for\u00a0<b>Hillary Clinton<\/b>\u00a0and the Obama administration. \u2026 A day earlier, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, vowed at a public hearing to \u2018get to the bottom of this issue.\u2019 This was as\u00a0The Hill\u00a0reported that the FBI had evidence as early as 2009 that Russian operatives used bribes, kickbacks and other dirty tactics to expand Moscow\u2019s atomic energy footprint in the U.S. &#8212; yet the Obama administration approved the uranium deal benefiting Moscow anyway.\u00a0Trump on Thursday also took another Twitter swipe at the firm behind the controversial anti-Trump dossier\u2026 As for the Russia company probe,\u00a0The Hill\u00a0reported overnight that Grassley is seeking permission to interview the FBI informant who helped agents uncover the corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>McCain crosses aisle on political ad disclosure social media &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">WSJ:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cA proposal to require social-media companies to disclose information about political advertising on their platforms has drawn the support of a key Senate Republican. Sen.\u00a0<b>John McCain<\/b>\u00a0(R, Ariz.), a longtime proponent of stricter political advertising disclosure rules and spending restrictions, has signed onto a bill being written by two Senate Democrats that was prompted by concerns about Russian activity on social media during the 2016 election, according to a statement from his office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>House and Senate both briefed from Google &#8211;<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">AP:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cGoogle has briefed the House and Senate intelligence committees ahead of two Nov. 1 hearings that will examine Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections through social media. Officials from Google talked to investigators behind closed doors in recent weeks as part of the committees\u2019 probes into Russian meddling in last year\u2019s election, according to people familiar with the briefings. The people declined to be named because the meetings were private. Google spokeswoman\u00a0<b>Andrea Faville<\/b>\u00a0said Wednesday that Google representatives will participate in the public hearings Nov. 1.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>PEREZ CONSOLIDATES POWER AT DNC<br \/><\/b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Free Beacon<\/a>: \u201cSeveral longtime officials at the Democratic National Committee have lost their positions ahead of their first meeting since\u00a0<b>Tom Perez<\/b>\u00a0took over as chairman. The DNC is facing particular criticism for the over-representation of Clinton backers on its Rule and Bylaws Committee, according to\u00a0NBC News.\u00a0That committee helps create the rules for the party\u2019s presidential primary. Many members that were ousted were supporters of Rep.\u00a0<b>Keith Ellison<\/b>\u2019s (D., Mich.) bid to run the DNC. Ellison became vice-chair under Perez. The announcements exposed a rift between Ellison and\u00a0Perez, who have publicly expressed their support for each other since the election of Perez as chairman. One DNC committee member pushed out,\u00a0<b>James Zogby\u00a0<\/b>of the Arab American Institute, expressed displeasure with his ouster. \u2018I\u2019m concerned about the optics, and I\u2019m concerned about the impact. I want to heal the wound of 2016,\u2019 Zogby said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Pence\u2019s brother announces run for Congress &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">AP<\/a>: \u201c<b>Greg Pence<\/b>, one of <b>Mike Pence<\/b>\u2019s older brothers, launched a campaign Wednesday for the eastern Indiana congressional seat that the vice president and former governor represented for 12 years. A campaign announcement video touts Greg Pence as a Republican who believes in \u2018fiscal responsibility, the sanctity of life\u2019 and \u2018our Second Amendment rights.\u2019 \u2018I\u2019m going to fight to help (President) Donald Trump help our district,\u2019 Greg Pence says in the video. \u2018That\u2019s why I\u2019m running for the United States Congress.\u2019 \u2026 The district\u2019s current congressman, Republican\u00a0<b>Luke Messer<\/b>, is running for Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>N.J. governor debate gets nasty &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">NJ.com:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe race to replace\u00a0<b>Chris Christie<\/b>\u00a0as New Jersey\u2019s governor isn\u2019t sleepy any more. That much was clear Wednesday night as Democratic nominee\u00a0<b>Phil Murphy<\/b>\u00a0and Republican nominee\u00a0<b>Kim Guadagno<\/b><br \/> spent much of\u00a0their second and final televised debate shooting verbal arrows at each other. \u2026 But if\u00a0the rivals\u2019 first debate\u00a0was contentious, this one was downright nasty. Murphy, who is\u00a0leading by double digits in the polls, repeatedly accused Guadagno, the state\u2019s lieutenant governor, of lying and at one point mocked her tax plan with a reference to a former New Jersey electronics store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>PLAY-BY-PLAY<\/b>\u00a0<br \/><i>Trump to nominate\u00a0<b>Joseph Simons<\/b>\u00a0for Federal Trade Commission chair<\/i>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Politico<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Trump to meet with Puerto Rico Gov.\u00a0<b>Ricardo Rossello<\/b>\u00a0to discuss hurricane aid<\/i>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Trump admin divided on if president should visit demilitarized zone along NoKo border<\/i>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">WaPo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>AUDIBLE: POLICY OF DEMOCRACY<br \/><\/b>\u201cThe health of the Democratic spirit itself is at issue and the renewal of that spirit is the urgent task at hand.\u201d \u2013<i>\u00a0Former President\u00a0<b>George W. Bush\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">speaking today<\/a>\u00a0in New York City at a forum focused on security sponsored by the George W. Bush Institute.<\/i><br \/><b><i><br \/><\/i>FROM THE BLEACHERS<i><br \/><\/i><\/b>\u201cI am troubled by the \u2018logic\u2019 of a comment like the one you mention by the National Review re: the purported Trump Dossier. This logic quite frequently is utilized by the left- trying to justify or establish a position via a negative. For example, \u2018Trump must have something to hide in his tax returns otherwise he would disclose them;\u2019 or, \u2018Why was the suspect running away if he is not guilty?\u2019 Just as you cannot prove a negative (\u2018No extraterrestrial has ever been to our planet\u2019); it is logically weak to support a position by citing an action that has not been taken or occurred. Clearly, this \u2018negative support reasoning\u2019 (my words) is what the writer is saying- if there\u2019s no truth in the Dossier, why doesn\u2019t Trump and his Administration release its contents? Well, how about for starters, we try this&#8211; if the creator of the Dossier\u2019s goal was to besmirch the President, why would he or anyone want to give publicity to that which the fake Dossier contains? That is the equivalent of suing someone for defamation and having the slanderer retort- \u2018Look, it must be true since the Plaintiff\u2019s trying to hide it.\u2019 You don\u2019t need to be Sophocles to figure out how ridiculous that position sounds.\u201d \u2013\u00a0<b><i>Bohdan Shandor<\/i><\/b><i>, Bonita Springs, Fla.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> [<i>Ed. note: I hear you, Mr. Shandor. But I would point out a couple of things: First, it is hardly the exclusive province of either party or any ideological group to demand that their rivals try to prove negatives. Second, the most salacious claims of the dossier have already been, ahem, leaked. Providing House and Senate investigators the chance to either confirm or debunk the content would not be a politically smart move, since as you suggest it would recirculate information the president says is untrue. But how then can the White House simultaneously complain about the dossier? Either pipe down about it or hand it over.<\/i>]<i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p> \u201cChris, your invocation of the term\u00a0\u2019solipsism\u2019 has brought you into my sole existent world.\u00a0 I may install you as president, replacing my previous frivolous invention.\u201d \u2013\u00a0<b><i>Jerry Hansen<\/i><\/b><i>, El Cajon, Calif.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> [<i>Ed. note: Hmmmmmm\u2026 At the risk of being solipsistic, I quote one of the great sons of the Buckeye state, \u201cI never have been and never will be a candidate for president; that if nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline; and even if unanimously elected I should decline to serve.\u201d<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the Fox News poll showing a dead heat in the Alabama Senate race, how many \u2018establishment\u2019 Republicans do you think are secretly wishing that the Democrat wins in November?\u00a0It would only be for three years and it would be an incredibly strong rebuke to\u00a0<b>Steve Bannon<\/b>.\u00a0While I think Moore will likely win in the end, a loss would certainly make it harder for the protest candidates.\u00a0The primary commercials for\u00a0<b>Jeff Flake<\/b>\u00a0and other incumbents seem like they would almost write themselves\u2026\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<b><i>Steve Arthur<\/i><\/b><i>, Colorado Springs, Colo.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> [<i>Ed. note: If I were betting on the Alabama Senate race, I\u2019d take a look at that 11 percent undecided in an overwhelmingly Republican state and assume that when voters start to focus, the preponderance will break for the GOP. But, yes, I take your point. Even a close race in Alabama would send cautionary signs to Republicans in other more competitive states.<\/i>]<i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <b>Share your color commentary:<\/b>\u00a0Email us at\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">HALFTIMEREPORT@FOXNEWS.COM<\/a>\u00a0and please make sure to include your name and hometown.<\/p>\n<p><b>CLOWN CLOWNED\u00a0<br \/><\/b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Orlando Sentinel<\/a>: \u201cAn 11-year-old told Volusia County deputies he hit a clown with a selfie-stick multiple times after the blue-haired character jumped out from bushes on Friday the 13th. The victim was biking back from Pine Ridge High School shortly before 6:30 p.m. when a clown with a rainbow painted face, red foam nose, a green long-sleeved shirt and black boots jumped out from behind a light pole and some bushes. The boy said the clown never made physical contact, but he did reach out and attempt to grab him. He was afraid the clown would attack him, so he proceeded to defend himself with his metal selfie stick. According to the victim\u2019s account, the clown chased him for a while on Howland Boulevard, until the clown tripped and fell. \u2026 Volusia County Sheriff\u2019s Office posted a warning on Facebook to all \u2018evil clowns and anyone considering creepy clown activity\u2019 should not expect to be saved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Chris Stirewalt\u00a0<\/i><\/b><i>is the politics editor for Fox News.\u00a0<b>Brianna McClelland<\/b>\u00a0contributed to this report. Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day? Sign up\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Chris Stirewalt joined Fox News Channel (FNC) in July of 2010 and serves as politics editor based in Washington, D.C. Additionally, he authors the daily Fox News Halftime Report political news note and co-hosts the hit podcast, Perino  Stirewalt: I&#8217;ll Tell You What. He also is the host of Power Play, a feature video series on FoxNews.com. Stirewalt makes frequent appearances on network programs, including America\u2019s Newsroom, Special Report with Bret Baier and Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. He also provides expert political analysis for FNC\u2019s coverage of state, congressional and presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/feeds.foxnews.com\/~r\/foxnews\/politics\/~3\/Atadl4BI1wg\/dems-need-more-than-meh-in-virginia-race.html<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama to campaign for Dem running for Virginia governor Republican candidate for Virginia governor responds on &#8216;Fox Friends&#8217; **Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day? 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