"GOP’s Gillespie ditches ads in Senate race in Va." by Alan Suderman and Philip Elliott | Associated Press October 17, 2014
RICHMOND — Ed Gillespie has one of the sharpest political instincts of any of the Republicans’ recruits for Senate races this year. But that and a thick Rolodex of GOP donors have not helped him close a massive campaign cash deficit against incumbent Senator Mark Warner of Virginia.
Warner has a 4-to-1 advantage in banked cash going into the final weeks of the campaign. Gillespie’s limited budget was on display this week when his campaign started ditching reservations for TV time for ads across the state. His spokesman said a new round of TV ads was coming soon — but those ads probably will not overcome Warner’s long-built advantage.
The low-key Virginia race pits Gillespie, a former high-powered political operative, against Warner, a popular former governor.
While a handful of competitive Senate races have gained national attention and millions of dollars in ads from outside groups, the Virginia contest has largely dodged the heavy spending because of Warner’s perceived invincibility.
Warner, who had a fund-raising head-start as an incumbent, is blanketing the state with ads, a campaign aide said.
They thought that of Cantor, too.
Meanwhile, Gillespie is all but silent on television.
Reports filed with the Federal Communications Commission show Gillespie’s campaign cutting or drastically reducing the amount of money it plans to spend on television ads this week.
Following a report by Associated Press about the drop-off in advertising, Gillespie campaign spokesman Paul Logan said Thursday it would launch a $300,000 round of TV ads Saturday with more to come.
That amount probably will not make a dent in expensive Northern Virginia near Washington, where television advertising this time of year can cost about $1 million per week.
Other markets in the state are less expensive. In an interview Wednesday, Gillespie insisted his campaign will have enough cash to finish the race but declined to comment on specific plans.
‘‘We’ve got the resources to get our message out,’’ Gillespie said. ‘‘We’re implementing our ad strategy as we intended.’’
Machines rigged?
Airtime becomes more expensive as Election Day nears and more candidates clamor for more spots. Last-minute efforts to buy ads leave campaigns at the mercy of station owners
Gillespie has been one of the most influential Republican lobbyists and, for years, was a constant presence in presidential bids, most recently in 2012 as Mitt Romney’s link to some quarters of the GOP establishment.
That's why he is going nowhere. Gille$pie part of the problem.
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NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"Suspect in Va. abduction charged in 2005 rape" Associated Press October 21, 2014
FAIRFAX, Va. — The suspect in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student was charged Monday with abducting and raping a woman in suburban Washington in 2005.
The indictment against Jesse L. Matthew Jr. was handed up by a Circuit Court grand jury in Fairfax County. Matthew was also charged with attempted capital murder, according to the indictment.
Matthew, 32, is being held in Charlottesville, Va., on a charge related to the Sept. 13 disappearance of Hannah Graham, an 18-year-old from Virginia.
Law enforcement officials who have been searching for Graham found human remains over the weekend and they were taken to the Virginia medical examiner’s office in Richmond. A spokesman in the office could not say Monday when the results of the forensic examination would be completed.
Matthew’s lawyer has refused to discuss his client, and a message on his law office telephone on Monday said he was not taking questions in the case.
On Monday, state and local law enforcement officials continued to search an area about 12 miles southwest of the Charlottesville campus of the University of Virginia where the remains were found Saturday after a search in the city of 40,000 and in Albemarle County.
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"32-year-old Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr., has been charged with abduction with intent to defile Graham. His attorney, Jim Camblos, said in a voicemail message that he is not answering questions about the case. ‘‘When we started this journey together we all hoped for a happier ending. Sadly that was not to be,’’ Graham’s parents, John and Sue Graham, said in a statement provided by the Albemarle County Police Department."
That is an awfully strange thing to say, and the lawyer isn't taking calls?
I hate to even say it, but given all the staged and scripted fake fraud and crisis actors we have sen presented as real news, is it possible, could it be possible, that this is just another psyop and this is all a gag?
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