Meanwhile, we've got a new Rasmussen poll out today with good news whether you're primarily a Deeds fan, mostly anti-McDonnell, or both. The race to become the next governor of Virginia has gotten a lot closer. Right now, it’s effectively a toss-up between Republican Robert F. McDonnell and Democrat R. Creigh Deeds.Even worse for McDonnell, Rasmussen writes that 52% of voters "now say the [McDonnell theocratic thesis] writings are at least somewhat important in terms of how they will vote." According to Rasmussen, "[t]hat’s up from 36% in the previous survey." The bottom line: the thesis is chipping away at McDonnell's "moderate" facade, despite the millions of dollars he's spent trying to pull the wool over everyone's eyes that he isn't the Pat Robertson extremist he's always been. Fortunately, it looks like Virginians are smart enough not to fall for election-year/foxhole "conversions." Ha.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Virginia voters finds McDonnell attracting 48% of the vote while Deeds picks up 46%. Two weeks ago, McDonnell held a nine-point advantage. In August, McDonnell was up by eight.
P.S. Needless to say, Creigh Deeds isn't exactly progressives' dream candidate, but the thought of McDonnell/Bolling/Cooch running Virginia the next four years makes me almost physically ill. Let's keep hammering away and letting people that Bob McDonnell - as slick and smooth as he comes across - is not who he says he is!
