President Obama is sending First lady Michelle Obama to Virginia on Thursday to campaign for Terry McAuliffe, the latest in a series of paybacks for McAuliffe helping Obama raise millions of dollars from Washington insiders.
Sporting her new $1,000+ hairdo, Michelle Obama is expected to highlight the 1,500 jobs that McAuliffe created from his Tyson Corner headquarters. “Michelle is taking the time to support this campaign because the stakes couldn’t be higher for Virginians who need a governor to put jobs first instead of pushing a divisive social agenda,” McAuliffe wrote in an email to supporters, promising to enter $5 donors into a drawing to meet the first lady.
Obama’s visit coincides with McAuliffe’s continuing efforts to paint GOP gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli’s Republican ticket as "socially activist" and hostile to women, a major theme used by Democrats in campaigns nationwide last fall.
McAuliffe would like Michelle to try to connect Republicans to the Ku Klux Klan and groups that oppose federal subsidies for Planned Parenthood abortion clinics. He also wants to highlight that even though the President's cabinet makeup disappointed black voters, the Republicans took four votes at their convention before nominating a black minister and Harvard Law grad for the Lieutenant Governor position.
Abortion is often compared to slavery as a moral issue that was acceptable in its time, uphwld by the Supreme Court, and was later condemned. Loss of Government funding would be a severe blow to Planned Parenthood's ability to send money to their preferred candidates. They have launched the website KeepKenOut.org to oppose Cuccinelli's candidacy.
As of Monday, the link to the Michelle Obama raffle was not available on the McAuliffe website, only through e-mails to supporters.
Sporting her new $1,000+ hairdo, Michelle Obama is expected to highlight the 1,500 jobs that McAuliffe created from his Tyson Corner headquarters. “Michelle is taking the time to support this campaign because the stakes couldn’t be higher for Virginians who need a governor to put jobs first instead of pushing a divisive social agenda,” McAuliffe wrote in an email to supporters, promising to enter $5 donors into a drawing to meet the first lady.
Obama’s visit coincides with McAuliffe’s continuing efforts to paint GOP gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli’s Republican ticket as "socially activist" and hostile to women, a major theme used by Democrats in campaigns nationwide last fall.
McAuliffe would like Michelle to try to connect Republicans to the Ku Klux Klan and groups that oppose federal subsidies for Planned Parenthood abortion clinics. He also wants to highlight that even though the President's cabinet makeup disappointed black voters, the Republicans took four votes at their convention before nominating a black minister and Harvard Law grad for the Lieutenant Governor position.
Abortion is often compared to slavery as a moral issue that was acceptable in its time, uphwld by the Supreme Court, and was later condemned. Loss of Government funding would be a severe blow to Planned Parenthood's ability to send money to their preferred candidates. They have launched the website KeepKenOut.org to oppose Cuccinelli's candidacy.
As of Monday, the link to the Michelle Obama raffle was not available on the McAuliffe website, only through e-mails to supporters.