Virginia One of Crucial States in Presidential Election

JUST ABOUT THREE HOURS. YOU CAN BE SURE THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR VOTE. VIRGINIA IS ONE OF THREE VERY CRUCIAL STATES IN THIS ELECTION. 10 ON YOUR SIDE'S ART KOHN EXPLAINS WHY. AS THEY SET THE STAGE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE COLORADO, THERE ARE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THE IMPACT THIS FIRST EXCHANGE WILL HAVE ON THE PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TUNE IN TONIGHT BUT STUDIES SHOW THAT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES TEND TO REINFORCE OPINIONS. "BUT THERE ALSO ARE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT COMMITTED YET IN THIS RACE. POLLING, YOU KNOW YOU TYPICALLY HAVE ABOUT 5-PERCENT WHO ARE IN VIRGINIA, A POLL PUBLISHED TUESDAY SHOWS OBAMA WITH 46-PERCENT OF VOTE AND ROMNEY 44-PERCENT. AND IN FLORIDA, THE POLL SHOWS ROMNEY BY JUST ONE HOWEVER, OBAMA'S CONTINUES TO ENJOY A COMFORTABLE LEAD IN OHIO, PERHAPS THE MOST THREE BATTLEGROUND STATES. "...SO HOW IMPERATIVE DOES THAT MAKE BOTH FLORIDA AND VIRGINIA?" "IT MAKES THEM TOTALLY ESSENTIAL FOR ROMNEY. IF OHIO GOES TO OBAMA, HE HAS TO WIN VIRGINIA. HE HAS TO WIN FLORIDA." VIRGINIA, ESPECIALLY BETTER THAN MUCH OF THE NATION DURING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THAT IS A BIG REASON FOR THE PRESIDENT'S POPULARITY IN THIS STATE. BUT MUCH OF THIS REGIONS PROSPERITY IS DUE TO THE PRESENCE HERE. THE ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO SEQUESTER THE DEFENSE BUDGET IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE NATIONAL DEBT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND DEBATE. "THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION OF THIS ELECTION IS HOW DO WE GO ABOUT SOLVING OUR BUDGET DR. JESSE RICHMAN, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENSE AT OLD DOMINION SEQUESTRATION IS A BIPARTISAN ISSUE AMONG KNOWLEGEABLE VIRGINIA VOTERS. OPPOSED TO THE DEFENSE SEQUESTRATION. IT'S AN ISSUE THAT CUTS ACROSS PARTY LINES, THAT CUTS ACROSS PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFILIATED WITH WHO ARE NOT." THAT WAS ART KOHN OF THE DEBATE BEGINS TONIGHT AT 9 P-M. YOU CAN WATCH BOTH CANDIDATES FACE-OFF RIGHT HERE ON WAVY-TV 10 AND ONLINE ON WAVY DOT COM.