McDonnell’s getting squeamish about abortion.

Bob McDonnell is getting awfully squeamish about Sen. Creigh Deeds bringing up the topic of abortion, and rightly so. As The Washington Post points out in an editorial today, McDonnell has dedicated much of his career to restricting access to abortion, contraceptives, and even information about contraceptives. McDonnell has fled to the center of the …

Dionne: Advantage Deeds.

I’m not the only one who thinks that this governor’s race is Sen. Creigh Deeds’ to lose: E.J. Dionne agrees. Dionne joined us at The Omni on the night of the election, and points out that while he’s been to a great many victory parties in his career, but “the ties to the candidate seemed …

McDonnell’s unenviable position in this race.

Jeff Schapiro, as a part of a longer Richmond Times-Dispatch piece about the troubles faced by Bob McDonnell, makes this notable point, among others: For a party in almost nonstop retreat since 2001, the Virginia GOP shows no sign of retreating from the well-right-of-center orthodoxy that has left it defensive and depleted its bench. Why …

Wikipedia’s role in Sen. Deeds’ nomination.

During Marc Fisher’s live discussion last night, two comments submitted by members of the public stand out: I voted for Deeds. The WaPo endorsement really helped. I started doing the research this weekend and was disappointed that the WaPo did not have a quick guide the issues. I searched for a half an hour and …

On underestimating Creigh Deeds.

In 2001, after Sen. Emily Couric’s death, a special election was held to determine who would fill out her term. The 25th senate district contains Charlottesville, of course, so we knew that we could just select a nominee from among ourselves. The folks we expected stepped up to vie for the nomination: former Mayor Nancy …

SUSA: Deeds is crushing McAuliffe and Moran.

SUSA has Sen. Deeds up by basically the same margins as yesterday’s PPP poll, confirming their results. SUSA gives him 42%, McAuliffe a distant second at 30%, and poor Brian Moran with half of Deeds’ support, at 21%. At this point, Creigh Deeds would have to kill, skin, gut, cook, and eat a live puppy …

PPP survey has Deeds dominating his opponents.

One day before the election, and Public Policy Polling has Creigh Deeds crushing his opponents with 40% of the vote, McAuliffe at 26%, and Moran at 24%. He’s ahead everywhere but Hampton Roads—including upstate. Outside of the eastern urban crescent, he’s up over 50%. Throughout the state his favorable ratings are far above those of …