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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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D.C. Madam Commits Suicide

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Riley

Breaking News from FOX.
Palfrey had threatened to reveal the names of her clients — many believed to be high-profile political and business figures — if prosecutors went forward with their case.
Suicide? Or perhaps Arkancide…

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Fire “Good Time” Charlie Deane

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Riley

PWC Police Chief “Good Time” Charlie Deane is at it again.  This rogue cop who does as he pleases without regard to the intent of the Board of County Supervisors has finally gone too far.
Pr. William police chief revokes portions of county immigration crackdown policy
I knew as soon as any amount of discretion was introduced [...]

Filed under: Immigration, Prince William County Politics | 11 Comments »

WashPo Gets It A Bit More Right, But Not Fully

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Riley

Yesterday, we told you about just how wrong the WashPo got what happened in PWC the other night with regard to changes in their anti-illegal alien policies.
Today, the WashPo has these headlines:
Board Downplays Immigrant Policy Changes (online version)
Pr. William Board Says Crackdown Undiluted (dead tree version)
In this article, they do start to get it more [...]

Filed under: Immigration, Media, Prince William County Politics | 1 Comment »

Obama Makes An Assumption He Speaks For The Public

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Riley

Obama says public tired of hearing about his former pastor
Really?  If that were the case, then market forces would compel the media to move on to something else newsworthy that the public wanted to consume instead.  Obviously, there is still quite the interest in all this.  Don’t go assuming that your wishful thinking for this [...]

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Hillary vs. The Coffee Maker

Posted on May 1, 2008 by VA Patriot

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