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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:

1T. Rasmussen (11/1-3)**
1T. Pew (10/29-11/1)**
3. YouGov/Polimetrix (10/18-11/1)
4. Harris Interactive (10/20-27)
5. GWU (Lake/Tarrance) (11/2-3)*

6T. Diageo/Hotline (10/31-11/2)*
6T. ARG (10/25-27)*
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)
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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PWC Supervisors – The Money Primary

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Riley

Much is made about “The Money Primary” at the presidential level. Well, what applies there also applies at all other levels of politics, so we decided to take a look at where the candidates for the Board of County Supervisors in Prince William County stood at the end of their first reporting period in 2007 [...]

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The Perfect Storm

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Riley

Giuliani and Romney are going into meltdown mode with the party base that participates in primaries and provides the grassroots volunteers. McCain has never been trusted by this group. Now, we get word that NBC’s “Law & Order” might either be cancelled or else moved to TNT where its $4 million per episode price tag [...]

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“Money Never Sleeps”

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Riley

You’ve waited 20 years for this.
Gordon Gekko is back in “Money Never Sleeps,” the sequel to “Wall Street.”
So where’s Gekko been all these years? Pressman informed the Times, “He went to jail.” Douglas assured fans that Gekko has not mellowed with age. “I don’t think he’s much different,” he said. “He’s just had more time [...]

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A Different Point of View

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Riley

Virtucon’s favorite comedian, Mike Meyers, has announced plans for a new Austin Powers movie, this one from Dr. Evil’s point of view.

Zip it!!!
Perhaps it will be along these lines developed in-house here at Virginia Virtucon:
Austin Powers IV – “Austin Powers in Her Majesty’s Shaggadellic Service”
Having found his genetic father and brother in Nigel and Austin [...]

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George Lucas on future of Indy and Star Wars

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Riley

FoxNews got a scoop of an interview with George Lucas the other day.
Lucas is currently preparing “Indiana Jones 4″ with Harrison Ford, [Cate] Blanchett and Shia LaBoeuf. The latter plays Ford’s son, which means his mother was possibly the character Karen Allen played in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
“I can’t say,” Lucas said when I [...]

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Farfour Mouse Is Gone

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Riley

The Farfour Mouse show is being yanked from HamasTV. In its place will be this:

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New Blog Supporting Ham Sandwich

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Riley

Be sure to check out the new blog supporting Ham Sandwich for Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney –
Raising Ham.
On another note, we get word that incumbent Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Ebert (or someone) finally registered a web site two days ago under the domain name of “paulebert.com” — weeks after Ham went live with his own site. [...]

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