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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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Dan Quayle Is On The Short List…

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Riley

…for “Dancing With The Stars.”

Filed under: Republicans, Theater of the Absurd | 1 Comment »

IBD – “Barack Obama’s Stealth Socialism”

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Riley

Investors Business Daily ran an editorial on Monday entitled “Barack Obama’s Stealth Socialism” and dive into Obama’s past using Barry’s own writings:
The seeds of his far-left ideology were planted in his formative years as a teenager in Hawaii — and they were far more radical than any biography or profile in the media has portrayed.
A [...]

Filed under: 2008 Elections, Communists, Democrats, Economics, Liberals, Marxists, National Politics, Socialists, Teleprompter Barry | 2 Comments »

Ludacris Drops Some Election Hate Music

Posted on July 30, 2008 by VA Patriot

Obama is apparently on record supporting the “artistry” of rapper Ludacris.  No word of any retraction or apology yet….
UPDATE:  I knew it wouldn’t take too long.
“As Barack Obama has said many, many times in the past, rap lyrics today too often perpetuate misogyny, materialism, and degrading images that he doesn’t want his daughters or any [...]

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A Referendum on Obama

Posted on July 30, 2008 by VA Patriot

The McCain campaign’s latest ad promotes the theory that the presidential election will simply be a referendum on Obama.

This makes the Vice Presidential buzz surrounding Governor Kaine all the more interesting.  Will Obama actually pick a Governor coming off a fresh political defeat who won’t be able to deliver his own state?  [...]

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Timmy! Watch 2008

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Riley

From PolitickerMD.com
Due to a “scheduling problem,” PolitickerMD.com has learned that Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine will not attend tomorrow night’s Unity ‘08 Fundraiser for the Maryland Democratic State Central Committee as previously planned.

Filed under: 2008 Elections, National Politics, Razing Kaine / Timmy!, Virginia Politics | Leave a Comment »