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Palin is all the talk at office opening
Who thinks vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has energized the Republican Party? For starters, everyone standing among the red balloons and bunting in a brightly lit office above a deli in Sterling.
"Isn't she super!" proclaims Loudoun Republican Jo-Ann Chase. "McCain and Palin are bringing real change. What change is Obama offering? None."
Nearby is Republican Patricia Phillips, who ran for state Senate last year. "We're even winning over [Hillary] Clinton supporters," she says. "There is a lot of energy in the party now."
Now open off Route 7 is John McCain's Loudoun Regional Victory Headquarters, one of the campaign's nine offices across the state, according to the Republican presidential candidate's Web site.
The office is at 46950 Community Plaza, Unit 201A, in the shopping center east of Sterling Boulevard with the clock tower.
Though it opened on Sept. 1, a grand-opening celebration took place Sept. 15. The event was attended by a who's who of Loudoun's Grand Old Party devotees, including state Del. Joe May (western Loudoun), Del. Tom Rust (Sterling), Loudoun Treasurer Roger Zurn and Loudoun County Republican Committee Chairman Glen Caroline.
"It's off the charts," Caroline says of local Republicans' energy level since McCain declared Palin as his running mate, adding that his committee has seen a huge uptick in pledges of support over the last couple weeks. "It's like we have never seen before," he adds.
Pumping up the crowd Monday is the usually soft-spoken May.
"How 'bout that Sarah Palin!" he says to a round of cheers.
Keeping to the re-energized theme of the evening, Rust admits to the crowd that he was "a little concerned" leading into the Republicans' national convention earlier this month.
"But now," he promises, acknowledging the star of the night, Palin, "I feel great" about Republicans' chances in November.
This is the second presidential campaign presence in Loudoun. Earlier this summer, Democrat Barack Obama's campaign opened an office on East Market Street in Leesburg.
Contact the reporter at jjacks@timespapers.com
Great! Perfect location for the soup kitchen that is certainly coming our way! Republican Party =better to starve than regulate crooked institutions!
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