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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%)

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    10. DailyKos.com (D)/Research 2000 (11/1-3)

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    11. AP/Yahoo/KN (10/17-27)

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    15. IBD/TIPP (11/1-3)

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    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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Women are Fired Up for Palin!

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Hirons

Fredericksburg area women are fired up to support V.P. nominee Sarah Palin.  On Thursday Oct. 2 they are hosting a rally to support Sarah Palin on the night of her debate with Joe Biden.
All are welcome to come out to the rally.  The debate will be televised live!  Come out and cheer on Sarah Palin [...]

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Cease and Desist!

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Hirons

According to sources the VA Attorney General’s offices has instructed the UMW bookstore to cease and desist sales of the Obama t-shirts.
Looks like UMW didn’t exacty do all they could to ensure this little political operation was appropriate.

Filed under: 2008 Elections, Virginia Politics | 1 Comment »

Debate Back On

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Hirons

According to campaign sources John McCain will be making the flight down to Mississippi today and taking part in tonight’s schedule debate.  After the debate he plans to return to DC to continue to work towards a deal on the financial crisis.

Filed under: 2008 Elections, National Politics | 2 Comments »

Blankley Concurs, Journalism Dead

Posted on September 26, 2008 by VA Patriot

Tony Blankley agrees with us that journalism as a profession is dead.  As usual, he is very eloquent.  From the Washington Times Op Ed Page:
The mainstream media have gone over the line and are now straight out propagandists for the Obama campaign. While they have been liberal and blinkered in their worldview for decades, in [...]

Filed under: "Journalists", 2008 Elections, Corruption, Ethics, National Politics | 2 Comments »

Can You Say Double Standard?

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Hirons

The University Mary of Washington, a publicly funded University thinks it’s just fine and dandy to sell Obama/Biden T-shirts with the UMW logo on them at the campus bookstore.  I wonder if the same would be the case if McCain/Palin were to visit UMW?
The shirt has UMW’s logo on the front and the back reads: [...]

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Reagan Rock Video Fights – 9/26/08

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Riley

Reagan Rock Video Fights is here once again!!! Last week, Journey became the first band ever to put an end to the reign of a Huey Lewis and the News video. Was it just a fluke or does Journey have staying power? Stay tuned!!!
In this corner, the champions. They may have gone “separate ways” with [...]

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