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Governor 
Thu May 28, 2009 at 11:16:42 AM EDT
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( - promoted by Aimee Fausser)
You may have received a mailer from Terry McAuliffe recently attacking Brian Moran and you may be asking yourself, why would Terry go negative this late in the campaign after supposedly being so far ahead in the polls and after promising he would never attack another Democrat?
Well, they are probably seeing what we have seen for the past few months. Terry is not Barack Obama and the turnout is not shaping up to be what they had hoped for. They have probably narrowed their call universe from all Democrats to just the people who have actually voted in a Democratic primary before and are seeing that Terry is actually behind all over the state and undecideds are mostly breaking for Creigh and Brian. Ooops!
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Sat Jan 17, 2009 at 01:45:11 AM EST
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Creigh Deeds- - Starting Balance- $597,200
- Amount Raised- $610,532 (1371 Contributors)
- Amount Spent- $404,003
- Amount Banked- $206,539
- Burn Rate (Spent/Raised)=66%
- Cash on Hand- $803,729
Creigh is staying quite competitive, having more contributions than both Brian and Terry. More importantly, Creigh has been quite thrifty and now leads the pack in terms of cash on hand! I hope the rest of the Deeds campaign is being run as well as the finance team.
Terry McAuliffe- - Starting Balance- $0
- Amount Raised- $947,504 (1310 Contributors)
- Amount Spent- $229,424
- Amount Banked- $718,079
- Burn Rate (Spent/Raised)= 24%
- Cash on Hand- $718,079
This is a great effort and reflects quite well on Terry! While Brian gets on his case for "out of state" money... 98% of Terry's contributions came from Virginia, aka- in-state (though I suspect some massive out of state checks came in the day after the reporting deadline).
Brian Moran- - Starting Balance- $924,292
- Amount Raised- $761,893 (1192 Contributors)
- Amount Spent- $916,580
- Amount Banked- ($154,687)
- Burn Rate (Spent/Raised)= 120%
- Cash on Hand- $769,605
I've been told that I am the most outspoken critic of the Moran campaign ... well today is no exception. They've turned their huge advantage (fundraising) into a liability by spending like drunken sailors! This last 6 months should have been devoted to building on their cash advantage- instead they managed to slip a net of $400,000 behind (despite a $50,000 check from big brother Jim). This period alone they sent $90k to Mame Reiley and $53k to Lionell Spruill... can you hear the sucking sound?
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Mon Dec 08, 2008 at 06:53:09 PM EST
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 Oh come on.
Don't make me do this.
I hate bashing other Democrats, I really do, but some things are just unforgivable. I had barely finished my musings on the first 2009 poll of the season showing. Those are facts well-accepted by everyone. Let's quote the numbers here:
Rasmussen 12/4 (500 LV)
Brian Moran 41
Bob McDonnell 37
Creigh Deeds 39
Bob McDonnell 39
Bob McDonnell 41
Terry McAuliffe 36
So, therefore, a sensible conclusion would be Creigh Deeds Tied With Bob McDonnell. Or perhaps if you wanted to be more general, the race is tied. One would not say rainbow-colored monkeys show that Ross Perot will become governor of Virginia or bananas pickled in vinegar taste like champagne, or other similarly bad conclusions.
Then I opened up my email and saw this gem. New Poll, it crowed, Puts Deeds In Lead. Then it had the audacity to ask me for a donation!
What, had they seen the same poll I saw (reminder: Deeds 39, McDonnell 39). Was there something I missed?
Then I read carefully. They based the statement off of a line in the Rasmussen press release:
Deeds is also the favorite among Democratic voters who will select a gubernatorial nominee in a June primary.
Except they never polled the primary. No one knows who leads there. That statement was referring to his favorability ratings.
Creigh Deeds is a smart man and a fine candidate who should have no trouble raising money without his campaign staff monkeys taking a poll and bashing it into an unrecognizable format outside of the bounds of fact. Virginia voters--and Creigh--deserve better.
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Fri Dec 05, 2008 at 04:07:47 AM EST
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On the night of November 4th, I was elated. I had been watching the Presidential race unfold for about 2 years. I had poured countless hours into   watching dozens of debates, frantically analyzing hundreds of polls, and, of course, reading several different online news sources daily for the latest snippets of information from the campaign trail. I did all of this hoping that each different source of information and insight would provide me with a different piece to a much larger puzzle. While this obsessive pursuit may have been gratifying at times, it was quite often completely exhausting and acutely frustrating. I think that most of my fellow political devotees would gladly second that sentiment. So, on the night of November 4th, even in spite of the fact that several important races around the country remained undecided, I was hopeful that my electoral frustrations and exhaustion had ended, even if only for a little while. I knew that the 2009 elections would eventually come knocking, and that they would demand my full, undivided attention. I was fully prepared to give it to them when the time came to do so; all I asked for was a little bit of space.
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