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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%)

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

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

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

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    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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Desperate Dems Part Deux

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Riley

Democrats in Virginia are getting desperate as we’ve noted over the past few days, particularly with regard to State Sen. Roscoe “Foot In Mouth” Reynolds who has retained Little Joey Stanley and the Yellow-Bellied Whiney Puppies Strategy Group as his consultants.
Now, we hear of Desperate Dems Part II.  From Del. Jeff Frederick’s latest eNewsletter:
It’s an [...]

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Friday Night Video Fights – Week 4

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Riley

Week 4 of Virginia Virtucon’s Friday Night Video Fights is here. Last week, we saw defending champ Van Halen’s “Jump” fall to Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like The Wolf.” Three weeks, three different champions! Will the Dudes from Double D become the first repeat champs? You’ll decide!!!
Tonight’s matchup, in honor of the film Indiana Jones IV [...]

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Roscoe Feeling The Heat; NLS Blog Corpse Found In The Trash

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Riley

The other day, we reported that state Senator Roscoe “Foot In Mouth” Reynolds must be really feeling the heat to have hired Joey Stanley and his Yellow-Bellied Whiney Puppies Strategy Group — best known for Sen. Thinskin Gump’s (D-WashPo) controversial (some in the media have even said anti-Semitic) attack on Harris Miller during last year’s Democrat [...]

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Census Bureau — Immigration Raids Get In The Way Of Our Work

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Riley

From the AP:
The Census Bureau wants immigration agents to suspend enforcement raids during the 2010 census so the government can better count illegal immigrants.
Raids during the population count would make an already distrustful group even less likely to cooperate with government workers who are supposed to include them, the Census Bureau’s second-ranking official said in [...]

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Just Released — 2008 Democrat National Convo Event Schedule

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Riley

Agenda for the 2008 Democrat National Convention (Just Released)
7:00 pm Opening flag burning
7:15 pm Pledge of Allegiance to the U.N. in Spanish
7:20 pm Ted Kennedy proposes a toast
7:25 pm Nonreligious prayer and worship with Jessie Jackson and
  Al Sharpton
7:45 pm Ceremonial tree hugging
7:55 pm Ted Kennedy proposes a toast
8:00 pm How I Invented the Internet [...]

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