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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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    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)**

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    4. Harris Interactive (10/20-27)

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    6T. Diageo/Hotline (10/31-11/2)*

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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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Congratulations to Board of County Supervisors

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Vespasian

Just a quick congrats to the incoming Board of County Supervisors.  They have a daunting task of passing a budget in leaner times, funding the illegal immigration resolution, and continue transportation projects that are desperately needed.  I wish God’s blessing on them as the road ahead is going to be rocky.  Together they can accomplish great [...]

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Cuccinelli Wins for 3rd Time in ‘07

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Riley

37TH DISTRICT RECOUNT COMPLETE:
Cuccinelli Confirmed Winner
Centreville, VA – A recount today confirmed the re-election of Virginia State Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-37). The court monitored recount process confirmed that Cuccinelli had picked up 9 votes in the Brookfield precinct. This increase over earlier reported totals brought the Senator’s margin of victory to 101 votes.
Cuccinelli shook [...]

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Curt Schilling Speaks Out About Mitchell Report

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Riley

Curt Schilling has posted a commentary on his blog 38 Pitches about those named in the Mitchell Report on steroids in baseball.  On Jose Canseco:
His entire career, all of it, is a sham. He never belonged in the big leagues and anything he ever did in the major leagues is a hoax. He made it [...]

Filed under: Baseball, Scandal! | 6 Comments »

House GOP Restores Gov. Timmy!’s Cuts to Transportation

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Riley

House Republicans to Restore $180 Million in
Transportation Funding Raided by Kaine Budget
– Transportation Chair Joe May Says Kaine Budget “Built at the Expense of Roads” –
RICHMOND, VA – Delegate Joe T. May (R-Loudoun), incoming Chairman of the House Transportation Committee, today decried the proposed reduction of funding dedicated to transportation in the budget proposed [...]

Filed under: Razing Kaine / Timmy!, Republicans, Transportation, Virginia General Assembly | Leave a Comment »

Wittman Gets Committee Assignments

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Riley

Virginia’s newest member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman has received his committee assignments.  Yesterday, Congressman Wittman was named to serve on the Foreign Affairs and Science & Technology committees.  In a twist, both Wittman and Congressman Bob Latta (Ohio) – who was also elected in a special election on Dec. 11 and appointed to the [...]

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Retiring Supervisor won’t be unemployed

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Vespasian

Great news– I have just heard that Supervisor Hilda Barg (who is retiring today) won’t be unemployed long.  She is getting a cushy job in the Supervisor-Elect Principi’s office as his main consultant.  I guess Principi needs to know where all the dead bodies are buried and which citizens he needs to pay attention to (aka developers and [...]

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