How Virgil Goode, Former Virginia Congressman, Could Cost Mitt Romney The Election

Former GOP Congressman Threatens To Derail Romney
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign event in Mansfield, Ohio, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

As Mitt Romney was ending his Virginia rally on Thursday, he made an unusually direct appeal to voters in the crucial swing state: “I’m counting on you, Virginia,” he told voters in Fairfax. “We have to win this. Find someone who voted for Barack Obama, get him to join our team.”

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