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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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    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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    (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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Life Imitates “The Onion”

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Riley

Jan. 22nd headline from the satirical newspaper, The Onion:
Jamie Lynn Spears Loses Custody Of Fetus
Jan. 25th headline from The Sydney Morning Herald:
Jamie Lynn Spears agrees to give up her baby
Once again, a case of life imitating “The Onion.” We can only hope that this headline does not come to pass as well…
Report: 94% Of South [...]

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Forbes Ranks PWC Among Wealthiest Counties in U.S.

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Riley

The Potomac News reports that Prince William County has been ranked by Forbes magazine as among the nation’s wealthiest counties. Forbes places PWC at number 18 on the list of the top 20 wealthiest U.S. counties.  (2006 U.S. Census data placed PWC at number 7, however, that list was of the wealthiest large counties in the [...]

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Kill It. Now.

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Riley

The abomination that is Metro to Dulles is apparently on its death bed.
We should kill it.  Now.
I’m not saying that Metro to Tysons — or maybe even as far as Wiehle Ave. — is a bad idea, but extending it all the way out to Dulles Airport and beyond cannot be justified by any sort of [...]

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Friday Night Video Fights – Week 26

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Riley

Week 26 of Virginia Virtucon’s Friday Night Video Fights is here and our champion Don Henley is defending the crown that he took away from Dire Straits just last week. Will he make it two wins in a row this week? You’ll decide!!!
Let’s get ready to rumble…..
In this corner, the champion. A personal favorite of [...]

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