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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)**

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    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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What’s Up With “The Politico”?

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Riley

Let’s see. The Politico claimed that Fred Thompson was going to drop out today. Didn’t happen. The Politico claimed that John Edwards was going to drop out last year after his wife was diagnosed with brast cancer. Didn’t happen. Now with more incorrect reporting from The Politico regarding Thompson, some pretty high profile national bloggers [...]

Filed under: Media, Morons | 6 Comments »

Game On In The Fighting 99th

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Hirons

The parties are set for the Feb. 19th Special Election to fill the 99th District HOD seat.  The seat was vacated by Rob Wittman’s election to Congress.
 For the Demcrats it’s going to be Al “The Trashman” Pollard attempting to reclaim the seat he once held.  The Republicans have nominated White Stone Town Council and local [...]

Filed under: Virginia Politics | 16 Comments »

Blogs vs. Dukakabee

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Riley

From yesterday’s WashTimes:
Blogs vs. Huck
Conservative bloggers aren’t exactly thrilled with Mike Huckabee’s Republican presidential candidacy — to the point of promising to vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton instead.
“Not that what one blogger thinks matters that much, but if Huckabee gets the nomination, I’m voting Democratic,” writes the conservative blogger known as Ace of Spaces [...]

Filed under: 2008 Elections, Blogging, Conservatism, RINOs, Republicans | 4 Comments »

Friday Night Video Fights – Week 23

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Riley

Week 23 of Virginia Virtucon’s Friday Night Video Fights is here and “Weird Al” Yankovic is going for his fifth win and a place in the Virtucon Video Hall of Fame after beating back challenges from Michael Jackson, Greg Kihn, Toni Basil and Joan Jett. Will he make the cut this week or not? You’ll [...]

Filed under: Reagan Rock Video Fights | 2 Comments »

Whose the big winner? Johnny’s the big winner.

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Ignatius

With apologies to Double Down Trent Walker of Swingers fame, the big winner tonight was not Mikey (in this case Mike Dukakabee). Nope, if Iowa were a seedy, run-down Vegas casino, Trent Walker would be holding up John McCain’s arm and proclaiming him the big winner.
The arithmetic behind this conclusion is simple. Mike Dukakabee is [...]

Filed under: Virginia Politics | 5 Comments »