I got a chance to chat with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds a bit ago. He's in the midst of his Deeds Country tour and I got tired just listening to all the stops he's making as well as those coming up 🙂 In our brief phone call, we talked about two issues: redistricting and … Continue reading Creigh Call Quickie: redistricting, uranium mining
Day: August 5, 2009
PPP: Few Obama’s voters disapprove
From the Public Policy Polling blog: It was the first time we've cross tested his approval ratings against respondents' self reported 2008 vote and we found that only 5% of people who voted for him disapprove of the job he's doing, equal to the 5% who didn't vote for him that do approve of the … Continue reading PPP: Few Obama’s voters disapprove
More polling numbers from PPP
Public Policy Polling has released more data from its Virginia poll, which, if you didn't see yesterday, is available in this pdf. In today's release, PPP looks at the approval ratings of President Barack Obama, Governor Tim Kaine and Senator Mark Warner. Only the latter maintains his approval rating. Obama is at 42%, down from … Continue reading More polling numbers from PPP
ICYMI: From around Hampton Roads
Conviction overturned. Dustin Turner, convicted of murder in 1995 but who has steadfastly proclaimed his innocence, had his conviction overturned. A three-judge panel of the VA Supreme Court voted 2-1. Whether this will be appealed to the full court remains to the seen. Turner remains in jail. DPVA FOIAs records on Hamilton/ODU. The Democratic Party … Continue reading ICYMI: From around Hampton Roads
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