Creigh Deeds: "Fair, what fair"?...

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Last week the Daily News Record reported that both Candidates for Virginia Governor were in the area on the same day and what they decided to do with the ever dwindling time to campaign before the election in November...

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The News Record reported that Deeds "spent about an hour in the city's downtown visiting businesses during the afternoon" while Bob McDonnell went in "search of voters at the Rockingham County Fair"...

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One of the businesses that Deeds stopped at was the local coffee joint and "Deeds, speaking to an audience of about 30 people at the Old Dominion Coffee Co. across from Court Square, promised to create a tax credit for each small-business job created"...

Two different formats and obvious choice of the campaigns on how to spend their time reaching out and listening to potential voters...

Deeds chose to walk the town for an hour then talk to 30 people assembled at a local "Democrat" stronghold while Bob McDonnell chose to attend the largest fair in the Shenandoah Valley for over three hours on a day that had an attendance of 14,609 Valley Citizens as reported by the DNR...

Now working the streets and talking to local businesses is an important part of every campaign, but for only an hour and most of that time spent at the local Java-hut brings into question just what Deeds was looking to hear from the people...

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On the other hand Bob McDonnell spent more then half an hour talking issues with both the print and T.V. news people once he arrived at the fair and before heading into the fairgrounds to talk to any potential voter who had the opportunity to ask any question of the candidate.

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It is reported that Deeds "promised to create a tax credit for each small business job created" but this coming from a state Senator who has been on the side of national labor unions and higher taxes in the past. And what type of tax credit? What does that tax credit mean if Deeds favors labor unions and that "small business" has to work with union restrictions if Deeds is elected Governor and promotes a union workforce in Virginia?...

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Now it is a good idea and important that a Candidate for Governor "walks the streets" and talks to local business, in fact Bob McDonnell did the same during the week with his "New jobs, more opportunities" RV tour in Staunton as reported by the Newsleader...

But the key here is to talk to many different businesses and a valid cross section of the demographics in the area to hear what the business owners have to say...

Bob McDonnell walked the mainstreet of Staunton with Congressman Bob Goodlatte and other local Republican representatives and spent time with numerous business owners and shop patrons talking issues concerning Virginia Citizens...

While at the RockFair Bob McDonnell also walked the buildings with business and service booths to talk with those working the booths. He even stopped at the Harrisonburg Democratic Party booth and introduced himself to the two young workers who pretty much did not have any to say or ask the Republican Candidate. I did notice that the Democratic Party booth then did have three "Creigh Deeds" bumper stickers and one "Deeds Country" yard sign as compared to opening day of the fair when there was not one item with "Creigh Deeds" on it to promote the Democratic Party Candidate...

Maybe there is even a larger gap in the Valley then the 15~point advantage that McDonnell maintains in the majority of the polls taken so far?...

During his visit Bob McDonnell made his way into the Livestock barn during the auctions to meet and spend time with some of the farm families from the area. This opportunity was appreciated by many from the area and numerous topics were discussed. With McDonnell was Delegate Matt Lohr who is a working farmer from the area and introduced McDonnell to many people who were interested in meeting and speaking with the Republican Candidate for Governor...