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

    12. Democracy Corps (D) (10/30-11/2)

    13. FOX (11/1-2)

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

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

    16. NBC/WSJ (11/1-2)

    17. ABC/Post (10/30-11/2)

    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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Star Trek – The Original Series – Special Edition

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Riley

Doing for Star Trek what George Lucas did to the original versions of the Star Wars movies.
I just don’t know if I can watch the original Star Trek series WITHOUT cheesy special effects.
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"FLY THE FLAG" campaign for 9/11/06

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Riley

I received a request from a long-time family friend to pass this message along. This is definitely a worthwhile idea and one that I wholeheartedly support….
9/11 Flag Flying
Please join us in this FLY THE FLAG campaign and PLEASE forward this email immediately to everyone in your address book asking them to also [...]

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Jim Webb should fire Lowell Feld

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Riley

Jim Webb’s nutroots coordinator, Lowell Feld, made the following comment yesterday:
Is anybody out there still seriously arguing that George Allen isn’t an outright racist?
Yes, Lowell. A LOT of people. Now, you might not get out of your parents’ basement or Webb HQ very often to meet them, but I’d say a vast majority of Virginians [...]

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Allen camp welcomes aboard Jon Henke

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Riley

Jon Henke, of the QandO Blog, has been named the Allen campaign’s new netroots coordinator. Congrats, Jon!!!
As they say, when one door closes for you, another one opens. Looks like the timing was perfect for this to happen for you, Jon.
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Supply-Siders for Lieberman

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Riley

The WashTimes’ Inside Politics had this blurb on the joining of two former Veep nominees in political common cause:
Joining Lieberman
Jack Kemp will hit the campaign trail with a fellow former vice presidential candidate from another party: Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman.
Mr. Lieberman said yesterday that Mr. Kemp, a former Republican congressman and Housing and Urban Development [...]

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Who do Democrats now think are too conservative?

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Riley

Apparently, even former members of the Black Panthers are too conservative for the new Powers-That-Be who are running the Democrat Party.
And a record of voting with the Democrat leadership 88 percent of the time just isn’t good enough anymore to be considered a good Democrat.
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