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    -- President Abraham Lincoln - 1864


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    -- U.S. Rep. Jack Kemp



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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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More Fallout from Post-Gate

There’s more fallout today from the WashPo / Obama admin. lobbying pay-to-play scandal.
The Post publisher has promised an internal inquiry into how this could have happened — after all, she only knew that this was going on, but had expected there would have been more “sponsors” at $25K per pop.
And now additional information has surfaced [...]

McDonnell +6 (+21 Among Indies), Bolling +6, Cuccinelli +7

GOP Ticket Leads in New Poll

- Public Policy Polling Shows Clears Leads for McDonnell, Bolling, Cuccinelli -
RICHMOND – Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins today
noted the results of a new poll released by the firm Public Policy
Polling, which shows each of the three Republican statewide candidates
with a clear lead [...]

Jody Wagner Concedes in LG Race 4 Months Before Election Day!!!

Jody “Financial Fantasyland” Wagner has just essentially conceded in her race for LG against incumbent Bill Bolling.
Bolling has been hammering Wagner on her massively off-target revenue projections.  So, how does Wagner fight back?
By blaming Bolling for opposing tax increases.
Good night, Jody.  We have some lovely parting gifts for you.  Thanks for playing, but you won’t [...]

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…you’d never hear the end of it.
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Virtucon Announces Online Health Care Q&A Forum

Update: Former Congressman Coehlo’s responses below.
Former Congressman Tony Coehlo (D-Calif) will be answering your questions on the current national debate over Health Care Reform right here on Virginia Virtucon.
Now through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday evening, we are asking our readers to ask their questions via the comment section of this post for Congressman Coehlo. [...]