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Waldo Jaquith and Shaun Kenney join Coy Barefoot on the November 6th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville-Right Now to discuss the election, and a new Survey USA poll that had Webb at 51 percent in the polls. However, a Gallup poll has Allen slightly ahead. Is the election a referendum on Allen’s character?

Kenney is running the campaign for Marilyn Musgrave, a candidate for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. Jaquith works as the webmaster for the Virginia Quarterly Review. At one point, Hawes Spencer of the Hook joins the discussion to talk about Gail Parker’s political ad.

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Charlottesville–Right Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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On October 9th, Jim Webb and George Allen met for their final debate before the November election. The debate was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Virginia at the studios of the Community Idea Stations in Richmond. The event was produced by WTVR, CBS 6 in Richmond. Russ Mitchell of the served as the moderator, with WTVR’s Ric Young, WCVE’s May Lily-Lee, and Lulu Meese of the LWVVA serving as panelists. The debate lasted for an hour.

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Of course, the Virginia blogosphere is already spinning the results:

The Virginia Progressive says both men sounded canned and lacked passion.

The Richmond War Room says Allen may have been knocked out of this thing

The Virginia Federalist says “Allen looked calm and comfortable” while Webb “did not push the points he could win on.”

Shaun Kenney says the Taiwan Straits question backfired on Webb.

Spark It Up says “it was a very good night for Sen. Allen.”

The VB Dems Blog says Allen appealed to too many fears.

Riley, Not Oreilly of the A-Team says Webb “demonstrated his utter lack of understanding regarding macroeconomics and tax policy.”

Anonymous is a Woman claims Webb won tonight.

Virginia Conserative Analysis says he saw many “lefties” criticizing Webb’s performance.

Two Conservatives describes the tale of the two islands that came up in the debate.

SLANT Blog wonders how many times Allen invoked Hilary Clinton’s name.

Bearing Drift says he was almost won over by Webb, but thinks the former Navy Secretary is too smug.

The Mason Conservative thinks the long campaign is sharpening Allen.

Rich Howell thinks the debate was just lousy.

Hampton Roads Politics provides a summary and concludes it was “not memorable, not thought-provoking, and forgotten by tomorrow.”

Any others? Drop me a line at seantubbs@cvillepodcast.com.

10:44 10/10 Update: The folks at the Richmond War Room wrote in to say “we didn’t say that Allen got knocked out of it. He just had a bad night. And we’ve had second thoughts since sobering up…”

Commander Jennifer Brooks is a twenty-year veteran of the U.S Navy and a graduate of the Naval Academy. Commander Brooks was among the first women to attend the Academy, at the same time Jim Webb wrote an article called “Women Can’t Fight” for the Washingtonian Magazine.

“When the article came out, it basically legitimized bad treatment towards us.” says Brooks. Brooks was a guest on the September 29 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot. She described some of the things that happened to her while at the Academy.

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On Sunday, September 24th, two best-selling authors were on stage at the Paramount Theater to raise money for Democratic Senatorial Candidate Jim Webb. Stephen King was invited by Albemarle County Resident John Grisham to speak to Democrats who paid a hefty fee to attend. CPN was there and now brings you an audio recording of the event for free. The master of ceremonies for the event is Governor Tim Kaine.

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On August 9, incumbent Republican Virgil and challenger Al Weed met for the first time before voters in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District. The event was sponsored by the Senior Statesmen of Virginia, and was held at the Senior Center in Charlottesville.
Not strictly a debate, both candidates had fifteen minutes to give an opening statement, and then had five additional minutes to rebut. Then they took questions from the audience. The first four of these dealt with illegal immigration, which prompted boos from the crowd. Questions also abound at health-care, energy policy, and economic development.

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