Campaign focus turns to Virginia, ‘Mother of Presidents’

President Barack Obama greets people after arriving at Roanoke Regional Airport in Roanoke, Va., on July 13. Obama is spending the day campaigning in Virginia.

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The presidential motorcade, the cordon of Secret Service agents, the sight of a president campaigning on a small-town street. Heady stuff — and new for Virginia during a presidential race.

For decades, the commonwealth was one of the 40-something states ...

Published: 07/15/2012