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    Election 2009 actual results: Bob McDonnell 58.6 percent for a 17.4 percent margin of victory. Virtucon rankings are based upon total amount the two numbers deviate from the actual numbers.

    1. Survey USA (10/30-11/1) – 58% / 18% (deviation 1.2%)

    2. VCU (10/21-25) – 54% / 18% (deviation 5.2%)

    3. (TIE) PPP (10/31-11/1) – 56% / 14% (deviation 6%)

    3. (TIE) Roanoke College (10/21-27) – 53% / 17% (deviation 6%)

    5. Suffolk Univ. (10/26-28) – 54% / 14% (deviation 8%)

    6. Rasmussen (10/27) – 54% / 13% (deviation 9%)

    7. Washington Post (10/22-25) – 55% / 11% (deviation 10%)

    8. Times Dispatch / Mason Dixon (10/28-29) – 53% / 12% (deviation 11%)

    9. Daily Kos / Research 2000 (10/26-28) – 54% / 10% (deviation 12%)

    10. Virginia Pilot / CNU (10/8-13) – 45% / 14% (deviation 17%)

    11. Clarus (10/18-19) – 49% / 8% (deviation 19%)

    Next time you see a poll, judge it by its past performance. Here is how they rank in terms of accuracy based upon the 2008 presidential election:

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    1T. Pew (10/29-11/1)**

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    8T. CNN (10/30-11/1)

    8T. Ipsos/McClatchy (10/30-11/1)

    10. DailyKos.com (D)/Research 2000 (11/1-3)

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    (If you're below DailyKos, you don't deserve to be taken seriously for another four years. Better luck in 2012.)

    11. AP/Yahoo/KN (10/17-27)

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    14. Economist/YouGov (10/25-27)

    15. IBD/TIPP (11/1-3)

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    18. Marist College (11/3)

    19. CBS (10/31-11/2)

    20. Gallup (10/31-11/2)

    21. Reuters/ C-SPAN/ Zogby (10/31-11/3)

    22. CBS/Times (10/25-29)

    23. Newsweak (10/22-23)

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SHOCKING!!! Webb discovers you need to raise money to run for the U.S. Senate!!!

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Riley

“Webb blasts money in politics“
Of course you’re going to blast money in politics when you don’t have any and have no real hope of raising any either.
Sitting with five Richmond area Democrats at a West End home, Webb said the need for campaign money has been the biggest surprise of his campaign for the U.S. [...]

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The Rock, Pt. 2

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Riley

Alice Cooper has begun fundraising efforts for his Christian, nonprofit Solid Rock Foundation to build a 20,000-square-foot teen activity center to be called the Rock.
Yes, THAT Alice Cooper.

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The Rock, Pt. 1

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Riley

The end of an era for Rolling Rock Beer and Latrobe, PA. I never thought I’d see the day that this beer and this city, seemingly forever intertwined, would no longer be so.
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What should have been….

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Riley

It truly could have been a storybook ending for a great career.
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Oh, the cruel irony…

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Riley

Global Warming Activist, Journalist Freeze To Death.
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Now that’s not something you see every day…

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Riley

A Tomahawk cruise missile on its way to Virginia sitting in the middle of I-95.

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Potential Connaughton Roadblock Removed?

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Riley

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) had placed a hold on all Department of Transportation nominees until he obtained $50 million to refurbish Montana’s 52-mile “Going-to-the-Sun” road, which was built in 1932. That money is now included in the Senate’s version of the pension reform bill. Baucus had believed he secured the funding for the road in [...]

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Congressional Elevators

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Riley

You know it is the dog days of August when the New York Times is writing about the general public riding Senate elevators.
One good thing, though. I learned that the elevator story of Rep. Fred “Gopher” Grandy is just an urban legend.
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Nutroots Gone Wild

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Riley

The Democrat Party’s own Laurel & Hardy, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, will be hitting the road to campaign for Ned “Don’t Call Me Flanders” Lamont in his primary campaign against Joe Lieberman.
Meanwhile, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) is suing the Atlanta Journal & Constitution for libel over an editorial column that ran in the Sunday [...]

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