COLONIAL BEACH, Va. -- If Hurricane Sandy was going to have an impact on next week's presidential election, the swing state of Virginia would seem a likely a place to look.
But on Tuesday, as relieved residents of this resort town on the coast returned to their normal lives having largely escaped the wrath of the storm, any potential political fallout appeared muted.
"We're just happy this one didn't get so crazy," said Julie Sanford, a waitress at Wilkerson's Seafood restaurant, as she served a single customer in a booth facing the swollen Potomac River.
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