Mr. Obama won Virginia in 2008 when the state went into the Democratic Party column for the first time in decades, giving him a 53 percent to 46 percent margin over his then-Republican rival, Arizona Senator John McCain. 2008年维吉尼亚州竞选时,奥巴马以53%对46%的选票战胜他的共和党竞争对手——亚利桑那州参议员约翰?麦凯恩,拿下了该州,而该州也是几十年来第一次被民主党收入囊中。____________________________.Mr. Obama refuted Romney assertions that current policies are destroying jobs and said Romney and Republicans would bring a return to top-down economic policies that do not work. Dan Robinson, VOA News, the White House.奥巴马反驳了罗姆尼的当下政策正在摧毁就业岗位的断言,并称罗姆尼及其共和党人将会使经济政策回复到自上而下的时代,这对(改善经济)毫无作用。丹?鲁宾孙VOA新闻,白宫报道。