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Creigh Deeds Failed To Run As A Progressive
thinkprogress.org - 11/4/2009
Creigh Deeds Failed To Run As A Progressive
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Republican Bob McDonnell won a “ landslide ” victory over Democrat Creigh Deeds in yesterday’s gubernatorial election in Virginia, sweeping the state by a whopping 18 points . Exit polls showed Democrats had “ trouble getting their base to the polls .” One possible explanation: ...
White House on NY-23: 'Anger Can Get You 45% of the Vote'
blogs.abcnews.com - 11/4/2009
White House on NY-23: 'Anger Can Get You 45% of the Vote'
— blogs.abcnews.com — Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller report: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs today said that Republican gubernatorial... victories in Virginia and New Jersey do not portend anything for President Obama, but the dynamics and the Democratic candidate's ... (more) White House on NY-23: 'Anger Can Get You 45% of the Vote'
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Republican McDonnell takes Va. governorship
usatoday.com - 11/4/2009
Republican McDonnell takes Va. governorship
— usatoday.com — "Eight months ago, I applied to be governor of Virginia, and tonight you have given me the... job," McDonnell told cheering supporters in Richmond, where he thanked voters and "divine providence" for his victory over Democrat Creigh Deeds . McDonnell, ... (more) Republican McDonnell takes Va. governorship
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GOP Sweep: Big Governor Victories in Virginia, NJ
abcnews.go.com - 11/4/2009
GOP Sweep: Big Governor Victories in Virginia, NJ
— abcnews.go.com — Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as... the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an ... (more) GOP Sweep: Big Governor Victories in Virginia, NJ
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Political Animal:  Wednesday's campaign round-up

Daily Kos:  More On Last Night's Big Lesson

The Reaction:  The good, the bad, and the upsets

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Wednesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal — WEDNESDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * Yesterday's least successful Democratic candidate, Virginia's Creigh Deeds, was also the least progressive Democratic candidate. * Anthony Foxx was elected mayor yesterday of Charlotte, N.C. He'll be the city's first Democratic mayor ...

More On Last Night's Big Lesson
Daily Kos — ... And today, Think Progress expands on that point with a look at how Creigh Deeds failed to run as a progressive ... and failed miserably: ...

The good, the bad, and the upsets
The Reaction — ... and even the White House was heard recently grumbling about how poorly Deeds had followed the successful campaign examples provided by the commonwealth’s two most recent governors, Democrats Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. Deeds’ willingness to curry favor with right-learning Independents by criticizing President Barack Obama--who last year became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Virginia in 44 years--and his disinterest in promoting progressive reforms probably didn’t help him drum up Democratic ...

About Last Night: Lefties and Limbaughism
Hit & Run — ... a Republican who once advised woman to stop ruining America with their "jobs." Or whatever. That sage of Democratic politics, Markos Moulitsas, says that if candidates aren't more lefty, aren't willing to punch below the belt, his robot brigades of Nation-reading lefties will "sit home" and let guys like Bob McDonnell win. (By the way, can you trust a party that elevates this dope to a position of importance?) According to the nuanced kids at ThinkProgress, the Democrats flamed out so dramatically in deep purple Virginia ...

Glenn Nye: 2010's Creigh Deeds?
Blue Virginia — Creigh Deeds ran away from his base, then got run over on Election Day. Does the same fate await Rep. Glenn Nye? We may come much closer to getting an answer as soon as this weekend, as the House is expected to vote on health insurance reform. First, courtesy ThinkProgress, let's review the ways Creigh Deeds established that he was not a progressive and not a reformer: Refused to get behind strong federal health insurance reform, even saying of the public option, "I would certainly consider opting out if that were available to Virginia" ...

Congress, Climate Cheapskate
Commondreams.org Views — ... for the US to put up each year. And what does the legislation currently before Congress propose? Millions with an m, to be siphoned off from the revenue generated by the cap-and-trade system. That is, at least an order of magnitude less than the kind of offer that wouldn't just cause the rest of the world to laugh (bitterly). Could you get anything like a real offer out of the current American political system? Where even the Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia ran against the congressional legislation on climate? Where Al Gore was ...

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Video: Hoffman goes primetime
hotair.com 11/3/2009 — Can’t find any exit polls yet so this feature segment from last night’s “Hannity” will have to tide you over. [...] Read the rest »
Exit polls: In New Jersey, Obama not a major factor
thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com 11/3/2009 — By GottaLaff We need to energize our peeps again: Six in 10 New Jersey voters said Tuesday that President Obama had no effect on their vote in this off-year gubernatorial election, according to early CNN Exit Poll data. [...] When asked if Obama had an effect on their vote, 60 percent ...
Virginia Governor
themoderatevoice.com 11/4/2009 — Polls have closed in Virginia. All the polls show McDonnell (R) with a solid lead over Deeds (D). CNN Exit Polls show the following: Independent voters going 60-39 for Republican McDonnell Senior Citizens voting 55-44 for McDonnell Under 30 voters supporting Deeds 52-46 Seems odd that ...
Exit Polls: It's Still The Economy
hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com 11/4/2009 — The first, early exit poll results from NJ and VA are now trickling in from various media outlets. NJ voters ranked the economy and jobs as their No. 1 issue, with 31% of voters telling pollsters that issue mattered most to them. The No. 2 issue ...
NBC: NJ too close to call
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 11/4/2009 — From NBC's Mark MurrayIn New Jersey's gubernatorial race, according to the exit polls, it is too close to call. ...( read more )
A referendum on Obama? Not really
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 11/4/2009 — From NBC's Mark MurrayMSNBC has been reporting on the early exit polls in New Jersey and Virginia. One of the questions: Was your vote in those gubernatorial contests to express support for President Obama or to express opposition? Or was he not ...
'09 Exit Polls: From Obama to the Economy
abcnews.go.com 11/4/2009 — Virginia, New Jersey exit polls to reveal mood on Obama, economy, health care.
Not About Obama
pheedcontent.com 11/4/2009 — The exit polls are very clear and, when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. A reader writes: How in the world can the pundits (even Megan or Marc, both of whom I like) honestly take results tonight as a referendum on Obama when: 1, Different ...
Early exit polls: Obama a factor, but not the main factor
hotair.com 11/4/2009 — Even I didn’t expect him to be the main factor in local races, but here are the numbers for those who did. [...] Read the rest »
Democrat Wins In New York 23rd
liberalvaluesblog.com 11/4/2009 — With all the noise from the media about the handful of elections on Tuesday I do not want to say much to suggest more significance to the elections than they actually have–which is damn close to zero with regards to forecasting the future prospects of either party. Exit polls demonstrated ...
Exit Polls: Obama as (non) factor?
voices.washingtonpost.com 11/3/2009 — chris,you can't explain nothing to the republicans who still don't want to admit that this man is more credible,intelligent,and better at governing than the last president. they act like,and they really force themselves to believe that the ...
Election 2009: Republicans Win Governor's Races in New Jersey and Virginia
abcnews.go.com 11/4/2009 — Exit polls show election is not a referendum on President Obama, but that economy was a key issue for voters.
Matthews: Netroots are 'wrong and misinformed'
politico.com 11/4/2009 — While discussing exit polls showing low numbers of younger Democrats heading to the polls in Virginia, Chris Matthews cut off Larry Sabato when talking about the high expectations some might have had for Obama's first year in office. "They're ...
NJ: More indie warnings
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 11/4/2009 — From NBC's Domenico MontanaroLike in Virginia, Democrats nationally should be concerned about some of what they're seeing in these exit polls in New Jersey. Again, independent voters went overwhelmingly for the Republican, and there was a significant ...
Election 2009: Exit Polls Show Obama Not As Helpful As He Thought
peoplespresscollective.org 11/5/2009 — Barack Obama made a number of trips to Virginia and New Jersey to help out Democratic gov. candidates Creigh Deeds and Jon Corzine , but exit polling of the races out tonight shows that Obama’s trips were a wash with voters in deep-blue New ...
The changing composition of the electorate, 2006-2009, in New Jersey and Virginia
openleft.com 11/6/2009 — The complete exit polls for the 2009 elections in New Jersey and Virginia are now available.  Compared to the 2006 and 2008 exit polls for those states, the percentage of the electorate under the age of 45 is most striking: Percentage of New ...
2009 Exit Polls — Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
For your reading pleasure, here are the complete exits polls from New Jersey and Virginia .
2009 exit polls — First Read
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro If you're looking for the full 2009 exit polls, here they are: 2009 New Jersey Exit Poll 2009 Virginia Exit Poll And here's a compilation of some of what we've written over the past few days going inside these numbers. As we wrote in First Thoughts ...
Exit Polls and Exit, Corzine — Opinionator
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Exit Polls: It’s Not Obama That’s The Issue, It’s The Economy, Stupid — Below The Beltway
The exit polls coming out of today’s elections seem to have messages for Democrats and Republicans alike. First, for Republicans there’s the warning not to assume that the prospect of imminent victory is a referendum on the Obama Presidency: [M]ajorities of voters in both states ...
Election Night Thread #2: McDonnell Projected VA Winner; NJ Gov. Race Too Close to Call — Firedoglake
photo: Cave Canem via Flickr Polls in New Jersey and Maine are now closed. Leaked exit polls show New Jersey to be basically a tie, FWIW. There are no exit polls out of Maine. Virginia remains too early to call, which shocks me. The networks are being ultra-cautious. The latest numbers:  ...
A different electorate — Ben Smith's Blog
Virginia exit poll data, courtesy of a generous colleague, is after the jump. The key point is that this wasn't your president's electorate: This electorate was older than in 2008. In 2008, young voters were 21% of the electorate, exit polls show that just 10% of voters in Virginia today were ...
Exit Polls Showing Obama Not Major Factor In Elections (But the Economy Is) — The Moderate Voice
Some news stories are now reporting that exit polls in various states suggest that President Barack Obama has not been a major factor in the voting (but don’t expect the Democrats not to use that point if they win some and the GOP to use it as a key point if they win some). Here are ...
Election 2009: Election Night Thread #1; Polls Now Closed in VA — Firedoglake
The polls close in Virginia at 7:00 ET. The reports show light turnout , seen as a boost for Bob McDonnell, who doesn’t really need a boost. I’d expect a call on this race within minutes of the polls closing. Actual results can be found here . NBC News has released some exit poll ...
Exit Polls In VA And NJ: The Obama (Non) Factor? — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
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Some early exit poll data — Virginia Politics Blog
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Exit Poll Madness! — Weekly Standard Blog
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Early Exit Polls — MyDD
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