For God sakes Virginia isn't a solid blue state
Obama just won it two times, it has two Democratic U.S. Senators and a string of Democratic Governors.
It's more lean D.
Obama won it in 08 because McCain got cocky, and the less we talk about Unskewed Polls the better. The two Senators were also popular former governors (so don't play double jeopardy here), one of which only survived by the skin of his teeth when everyone considered him invincible. And Terry would have lost against anyone but KEN "BIGOT" COOCH.