All my reasons for voting against Barack Obama boil down to this: He’s a fraud.

In a recent letter, the writer claims that Barack Obama’s race has shielded him from vetting and that his success is a sort of affirmative inaction by the press (The Daily Progress, Oct. 10).

In a couple of weeks, Virginians can go to the polls and vote for Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.

I am an independent. I have my liberal side, and my conservative side. I pride myself on keeping my head during campaign and election times, and coming up with a balanced view.

When the Congress decides, for whatever reason, to give the chief executive a bye and allow him to do whatever he pleases, things sometimes go awry.

It was irresponsible for The Daily Progress to print a headline on the front page on Oct. 15 declaring that we should “expect long lines on Election Day.”

I would like to endorse Republican Virgil Goode for re-election to Congress.

When I was a child growing up in Virginia, I decided I liked Ike. Then, my father sat me down: “You shouldn’t vote for someone just because he’s a war hero.“

To me the choice is clear in this election. If you want a depression vote for Tom Perriello. If you want a short recession, vote for Virgil Goode.

In an Oct. 19 story on the University of Virginia’s planning process,James Hilton, vice president and chief information officer, is quoted as saying, “The image of the lone scientist working in a lab is long dead,” as illustrating the ever increasing collaborative nature of scientific research work. I find this statement, at best, utterly awkward and misinformed.

I am concerned about the immediate future of Social Security.

I have long roots in Virginia.

I wonder: Do Virginians, as well as all Americans, realize that a vote for Barack Obama is also a vote for Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid?

Thomas Sowell’s column “Obama’s character not presidential” (The Daily Progress, Oct. 18) addressed a major reason, among many, why we believe that Sen. Barack Obama would be a poor choice for president of the United States.

Based upon the candidates’ records, Jim Gilmore should be the clear choice as our next senator.

If you like what the Bush administration has done to your investment and savings accounts through deregulation and lax oversight of the financial services industry, Sen. John McCain is planning a similar, radical reform for your health care.

We should not overlook the moral obligation each of us has to protect the unborn and vulnerable members of our society.

I am deeply upset by the damage to Obama/Warner/Perriello campaign signs here in Nelson County.

I read The Daily Progress almost daily. Readers write heartfelt letters about the benefits of either Barack Obama or John McCain as the next U.S. president.

The author of “Over-regulation at fault in crisis” (The Daily Progress, Oct. 10) is mistaken.

Time is up for Virgil Goode. The time is now for Tom Perriello.

Where has John McCain been for the last eight years?

Energy Independence is too important to America’s well being to not do something dramatic and immediate.

Now we read that the chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, Jeffery Frederick, has prepared a group of volunteers going door-to-door in this presidential campaign in support of John McCain by saying that Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden “both have friends that bombed the Pentagon” and “that’s scary.”

I was disappointed to read Thomas Sowell’s Oct. 11 column on Barack Obama’s character (“Oba-ma’s character not presidential,” The Daily Progress).

It’s a sad state of affairs when the best we can say is “One out of five ain’t bad”!

In this election cycle both national parties are calling for change. Though each party has its spin on the subject, there is unanimity in the declaration that Washington is broken.

Following the vice-presidential debate, on a radio news program I heard a political correspondent say, to paraphrase, that Joe Biden was intelligent, articulate and had a strong sense for both domestic and foreign policy issues … but that doesn’t necessarily win debates.

I am, I think, a pretty regular American — two kids, two cars — and I would never do anything to put my children’s future at risk.

It is an outrage that the University of Virginia plans to spend its resources raising $8 million to build a “bubbled playing field”