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Thursday, October 13, 2005

VA-Gov: Close

Posted by DavidNYC

Rasmussen's latest in the VA gubernatorial race (likely voters, late Sept. in parens):

Kaine: 44 (45)
Kilgore: 46 (45)
Potts: 1 (5)
(MoE: ±4.5%)

I'm guessing the balance consists of undecideds. This is clearly going to come down to the wire. I'm hoping that anyone who walks into the voting booth on election day without their mind already made up thinks of Mark Warner and his 66% approval rating (sixth-best in the nation) before pulling the lever. That might be just enough to put Kaine over the top.

P.S. The Big Dog is coming to town to help Kaine raise some dough. I'm sure tickets cost $2,100 - anyone got a spare for me?

UPDATE: Heh. It's a state race, so tix are $5,000 a pop, as Fran reminds us in comments. Still lookin' for extras here. :)

Posted at 09:04 PM in 2005 Elections, Virginia | Technorati

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If Warner can raise taxes in Virginia and still have a 66% approval rating, I think we should take a serious look at him for the 2008 Presidential ticket.

Posted by: Mark at October 13, 2005 09:47 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

David,
The Clinton fundraiser tickets are actually $5,000.00, not $2100. This is a Virginia state election, so it doesn't have the same campaign finance laws as federal offices do.

Posted by: Fran for Dean at October 13, 2005 09:49 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

D'oh! Well, anyone got a $5K ticket they want to pony up for me, then? :)

Posted by: DavidNYC at October 13, 2005 10:06 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Oh, please oh please let this happen

Kilgore also plans to appear Saturday, October 15, with Karl Rove, Bush's political mentor, for a Fairfax County GOP gathering. Rove is under the scrutiny of a federal grand jury investigating who leaked the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.

Let it happen on Friday, then let Rove get indicted on Monday, please please please

Posted by: chuckles at October 14, 2005 10:14 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

David, FYI, I can't get my trackbacks to go through. I've linked to you from BOP News and Tsuredzuregusa.

Thanks for the good news on the race.

Posted by: Shaula Evans at October 14, 2005 02:25 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

David, FYI, I can't get my trackbacks to go through. I've linked to you from BOP News and Tsuredzuregusa.

Thanks for the good news on the race.

Posted by: Shaula Evans at October 14, 2005 02:36 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Shaula, what kind of error are you getting?

Posted by: DavidNYC at October 14, 2005 04:00 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

I see what happened. We just upgraded to MT 3.2, which has a spam filter for trackbacks. Unfortunately, BOP News got caught in that filter. I un-flagged your trackback, so hopefully this won't happen again in the future.

Posted by: DavidNYC at October 14, 2005 04:09 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Excellent. Thanks, David.

Posted by: Shaula Evans at October 17, 2005 03:37 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment