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Then there are the ten's of thousands of government employees that work in DC but live in Virginia.

They know what side their bread is buttered on.

Then there are the ten's of thousands of government employees that work in DC but live in Virginia.

True, but there are a good many active duty military who are Democrats and they know that Obama will cut the military and Romney will not. They're not too thrilled with hopey-changey.

Yes, but there are also thousands of military personnel (and retirees) in Hampton Roads, and Zero won't be getting many votes from them. They know what he's done to the armed forces, and that's just a preview of what will happen if he gets a second term.

For Obama to carry Hampton Roads, he needs to run up huge margins among the minority vote in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Hampton and Newport News. Meanwhile, Romney's a lock to carry the 2nd District, which begins in York County, on the peninsula, and southside suburban areas like Suffolk, Chesapeake and the military areas of Virginia Beach and Norfolk.

There will be an interesting bellwether event in Hampton Roads this week. The Zero has scheduled a visit to Norfolk State University, the region's largest historically black college. The students are back on campus and I believe classes were scheduled to start on Tuesday.

The Dims are predicting 20,000 will turn out at the NSU event, but that raises an interesting question. If Obama is focusing on the college crowd with his visit, why not include nearby Old Dominion University, and hold the event a ODU’s Ted Constant Convocation Center, a 10,000 seat basketball arena. The real answer? There would be too many empty seats. Obama’s going to one of the few places in Hampton Roads where he can still draw a significant crowd, but not enough to fil a 10,000 seat arena on a majority white college campus.

BTW, I heard the line to see Mitt Romney in Cincinnati was five blocks long on Saturday. Can't wait to see how the media tries to spin the Norfolk State event.