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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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The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Riley

Filed under: 2008 Elections, National Politics, Teleprompter Barry, World War III, YouTube | Leave a Comment »

Revive “Disney’s America” in Virginia!

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Riley

In 1994, plans for “Disney’s America,” the proposed American history-based theme park that was set for Haymarket, Virginia in Prince William Co., were withdrawn – a little more than a year after they were first put forth publicly. Opposition based on the proximity of the park to the historic Manassas battlefields and concern over increased traffic [...]

Filed under: Business, Disney's America - Williamsburg, Entertainment, History, Virginia Politics | 13 Comments »

Once again, Mark Warner displays his lack of business knowledge

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Riley

This is getting just downright embarassing for the so-called Economic Messiah of Virginia.  Marky Mark has blown it again, this time as the world watches the price of oil plummet $15 per barrel in the 3 days since President Bush lifted the presidential moratorium on offshore drilling (proving once again that much economic activity is [...]

Filed under: 2008 Elections, Business, Energy, Jim Gilmore, Marky Mark, Morons, Virginia Politics | 3 Comments »

Democrat = Incompetence? – You Decide

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Hirons

The Democrats on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors showed off their incompetence throughout their push to pass a BPOL tax on county businesses. 

Three Strikes of incompetence and you are out!
Strike One- Fuzzy math presented by Griffs-Widewater Dist. Supv. Bob Woodson
Strike Two- “c’mon Joe”  would you learn to vote.  Woodson is joined [...]

Filed under: Virginia Politics | 4 Comments »

U.S. Senate Holds Hearing on Fat Kids

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Riley

From the Congressional Record on yesterday’s proceedings:
CHILDHOOD OBESITY (PART I)
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on
Children and Families held a hearing to examine childhood obesity,
focusing on the declining health of America’s next generation (Part I),
receiving testimony from Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America’s Health
(TFAH), and Bruce Lesley, First
Focus, both of Washington, D.C.; Francine Kaufman, [...]

Filed under: Congress, Theater of the Absurd | 2 Comments »

OPEN THREAD – 2012 Elections

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Riley

Welcome to the fourth installment in our series of dog days of summer Open Threads dedicated to future election years.  This time up, we travel to the year 2012 and the first elections for Congress after the 2010 census redistricting.  Not to mention a presidential year and Sen. Thinskin “Beavis” Gump’s (D-WashPo) (a.k.a. Jim Webb) senate seat [...]

Filed under: 2012 Elections, Open Thread, Virginia Politics | 12 Comments »

The Passing of Tony Snow

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Hirons

I was away from home this past weekend, and didn’t get a chance to make comments on the passing of Tony Snow.  I was sadden Saturday morning when I heard the news.   During an internship in my final year of college, which turned into my first paying (although not much) job out of college, I [...]

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