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Ahead of the November midterms, Democrats have an edge in Virginia s 10th Congressional District, according to the CBS News Battleground Tracker. But in a Face the Nation focus group, some voters say they aren t sold on either party s candidate.Democrat Jennifer Wexton is challenging incumbent GOP Rep. Barbara Comstock for her seat in Virginia s 10th.Jackie Solomon, an independent voting for Comstock compared the candidates to choosing between airplane food and hospital food. Neither one s going to kill you, but neither one s worth it, Solomon told Face the Nation moderator Margaret
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My Creators Syndicate column for this week takes a look at the polls in the presidential race and notes evidence that the balance of enthusiasm no longer favors Barack Obama. Written late last week, this seems somewhat prescient. Monday s Gallup tracking poll shows Obama leading John McCain 46 percent to 43 percent, while Monday s Rasmussen tracking poll shows McCain ahead 47 percent to 46 percent--a statistically insignificant ma
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