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	<title>BLACK VELVET BRUCE LI</title>
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		<title>Keith Fimian Savages The HealthCare Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
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Keith Fimian held a press conference in front of Gerry Connolly&#8217;s district office today where he delivered a tough critique of the current 2,000 plus page monstrosity of a bill that the House is debating.  You&#8217;d think Democrats would at least allow consideration of some of the common-sense alternatives that [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://keithfimian.com">Keith Fimian</a> held a press conference in front of Gerry Connolly&#8217;s district office today where he delivered a tough critique of the current 2,000 plus page monstrosity of a bill that the House is debating.  You&#8217;d think Democrats would at least allow consideration of some of the common-sense alternatives that Keith and other Republicans are advocating, but Nancy Pelosi is determined to ram this atrocity down our throats before anyone has had a chance to actually read the bill, and Gerry Connolly seems more than willing to do whatever she wants, rather than listen to the views of his constituents. <a href="http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/07/keith-fimian-savages-the-healthcare-bill/#more-3192" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>What A Shock:  Connolly Likes ObamaCare</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gerry Connolly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not much of a surprise here, but the behavior of Gerry Connolly just seems like the gift that keeps on giving to bloggers.
Connolly has been telling people that he wasn&#8217;t sure how he would vote on the monstrosity of the ObamaCare bill and wanted to get more information and see how the bill was amended.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not much of a surprise here, but the behavior of Gerry Connolly just seems like the gift that keeps on giving to bloggers.</p>
<p>Connolly has been telling people that he wasn&#8217;t sure how he would vote on the monstrosity of the ObamaCare bill and wanted to get more information and see how the bill was amended.  Without any amendments to the bill being agreed to, Connolly was just on the floor indicating he would support the bill.  Yeah, like there was ever any doubt Connolly would do anything different than Nancy Pelosi instructed him to do.</p>
<p>My condolences to any of his constituents who were under the impression that Gerry Connolly would represent <em>them</em> in Congress.</p>
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		<title>And The Dem Nominee Will Likely Be…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Senate]]></category>

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So far it&#8217;s looking like this buffoon Dave Marsden, who barely escaped getting beaten by an under-funded, relative unknown in his House District race this week, is the most likely Democrat to run for the Senate seat now vacated by Ken Cuccinelli in the 37th Senate District.  Marsden even has [...]]]></description>
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<p>So far it&#8217;s looking like this buffoon Dave Marsden, who barely escaped getting beaten by an under-funded, relative unknown in his House District race this week, is the most likely Democrat to run for the Senate seat now vacated by Ken Cuccinelli in the 37th Senate District.  Marsden even has to move into the district to qualify as a candidate!  Oh, I can&#8217;t wait for this one&#8230;</p>
<p>GO <a href="http://www.stevehunt.org/">STEVE HUNT</a>!</p>
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		<title>Let The Fireworks Begin!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Now this should be interesting.  Gerry Connolly has handed Keith Fimian a wagonload of political ammunition for his challenge over the past several days, and I&#8217;m betting he&#8217;s going to start using it right away.  Bully for him!
Keith Fimian will be holding a press conference on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 10 AM to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now this should be interesting.  Gerry Connolly has handed <a href="http://keithfimian.com/">Keith Fimian</a> a <a href="http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/05/breaking-gerry-connolly-tries-to-get-constituent-arrested/">wagonload</a> of <a href="http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/05/connolly-in-the-crosshairs/">political ammunition</a> for his challenge over the past several days, and I&#8217;m betting he&#8217;s going to start using it right away.  Bully for him!</p>
<blockquote><p>Keith Fimian will be holding a press conference on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 10 AM to discuss the current health care bill before the House of Representative and to offer alternative solutions to the health care debate.</p>
<p>The press conference will take place outside of Congressman Connolly’s office located at 4115 Annandale Road, Suite. 103 Annandale, VA 22003.</p>
<p>For more information please contact Jimmy Callahan 703-621-7169 or email keith@fimian2010.com</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Gerry Connolly Tries To Get Constituent Arrested</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome listeners of THE GREAT ONE, Mark Levin! (Mark refers to this post around minute 75 in his program)

Today there are lots of people trying to lobby their elected officials on the health care bill pending in Congress, and Gerry Connolly tried to get one of them arrested on false charges of assault, setting a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Welcome listeners of THE GREAT ONE, <a href="http://www.marklevinshow.com/Article.asp?id=1576844&amp;spid=32345">Mark Levin</a>! (Mark refers to this post around minute 75 in his program)<br />
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<p>Today there are lots of people trying to lobby their elected officials on the health care bill pending in Congress, and Gerry Connolly tried to get one of them arrested on false charges of assault, setting a new standard for utterly abysmal, beyond-the-pale horrible constituent service.  This guy is absolutely unbelievable. <a href="http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/05/breaking-gerry-connolly-tries-to-get-constituent-arrested/#more-3187" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Connolly In The Crosshairs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gerry Connolly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Right after the Democrats get spanked in Virginia and New Jersey, the Congress decides now is the time to bring up a health care bill that specifically includes providing care for illegal aliens, and Pelosi lapdogs like Gerry Connolly are squarely sitting in ground-zero in the fight raging today.  Have these people gone absolutely [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right after the Democrats get spanked in Virginia and New Jersey, the Congress decides <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/05/dems-get-health-ready-for-house-vote/">now is the time to bring up a health care bill</a> that specifically includes providing care for illegal aliens, and Pelosi lapdogs like Gerry Connolly are squarely sitting in ground-zero in the fight raging today.  Have these people gone absolutely nuts?</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I would find it extremely difficult to vote for any measure that denies undocumented workers health care,&#8221; said Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat.</p></blockquote>
<p> <a href="http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/05/connolly-in-the-crosshairs/#more-3186" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>51st District Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[51st HOD District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Nichols was a first-term delegate with lots of money, but wasn&#8217;t expected to personally work that hard for his own re-election.  Rich Anderson looked promising as a challenger because he was willing to put in the time and effort to get elected.  In the end, Anderson knocking on a huge number doors in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paul Nichols was a first-term delegate with lots of money, but wasn&#8217;t expected to personally work that hard for his own re-election.  Rich Anderson looked promising as a challenger because he was willing to put in the time and effort to get elected.  In the end, Anderson knocking on a huge number doors in the District, remaining competitive in the money race, and otherwise running a pretty solid campaign gave him a narrow victory over the incumbent in this swing district. <a href="http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/05/51st-district-analysis/#more-3185" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>50th District Results</title>
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		<comments>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/04/50th-district-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A mixed blessing is when your mother in law drives off a cliff, but does it in your new Cadillac.&#8221; 
On the good news front, I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s any way we&#8217;re going to have to deal with Jeanette Rishell as a candidate ever again.  On the bad news front, Jackson Miller may not have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>&#8220;A mixed blessing is when your mother in law drives off a cliff, but does it in your new Cadillac.&#8221; </em></p>
<p>On the good news front, I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s any way we&#8217;re going to have to deal with Jeanette Rishell as a candidate ever again.  On the bad news front, Jackson Miller may not have Jeanette Rishell as an opponent in 2011.  This one was such a blowout that Rishell will likely never run again for office, and her campaign manager Ilana Kaplain-Shain is probably looking for a career in retail sales about now.  About the only thing better than running against Jeanette Rishell is running unopposed, and the difference isn&#8217;t all that great. <a href="http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/04/50th-district-results/#more-3184" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>The Mystery Of Pattie Precinct</title>
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		<comments>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/04/the-mystery-of-pattie-precinct/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When last night&#8217;s election returns started rolling in I and everyone else were stunned by a substantial early lead reported for Jody Wagner, where she was leading Bill Bolling by about 75%-25% while returns showed Bob McDonnell leading Creigh Deeds 60%-40%.  As the evening wore on, Wagner&#8217;s lead slowly disappeared and eventually the returns [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When last night&#8217;s election returns started rolling in I and everyone else were stunned by a substantial early lead reported for Jody Wagner, where she was leading Bill Bolling by about 75%-25% while returns showed Bob McDonnell leading Creigh Deeds 60%-40%.  As the evening wore on, Wagner&#8217;s lead slowly disappeared and eventually the returns from Prince William County showed Bolling in the lead.  An alert reader, watching lat night&#8217;s live stream noted the source of the unusual data being the Pattie precinct, and I figured that at some point today a correction would be made to the unofficial returns.  Despite <a href="https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/37C2EDEB-FACB-44C1-AF70-05FB616DCD62/UnOfficial/486A1522-49F4-4C3F-A8AF-AF34F83C7978_cr_all_dt.shtml">several dozen corrections</a> to the results that have been made during the course of last night and today, a single precinct in Prince William County still shows a 582 votes for Bill Bolling, and a whopping 4,022 votes for Jody Wagner.  I&#8217;m beginning to wonder whether SBE will ever notice these bizarre numbers and correct them. <a href="http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/04/the-mystery-of-pattie-precinct/#more-3183" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>37th SD Special Election</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Ken Cuccinelli is the AG-elect, there&#8217;s the question of who is going to run for his Senate seat.  This is the man I think will be the next Senator representing the 37th District:

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Who do you support to replace Cooch in the Senate?



 Steve Hunt

 Michael Thompson

 Someone else

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that Ken Cuccinelli is the AG-elect, there&#8217;s the question of who is going to run for his Senate seat.  <a href="http://www.stevehunt.org/">This is the man</a> I think will be the next Senator representing the 37th District:</p>

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		<title>2009 Election Winners And Losers</title>
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		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We already know, for the most part, all the candidates who won or lost in yesterday&#8217;s election.  They&#8217;re not the only ones with either a reason to celebrate or feel despair today.  Plenty of others are, or should be caught up in the emotional wake of yesterday&#8217;s stunning results, and you might be one of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We already know, for the most part, all the candidates who won or lost in yesterday&#8217;s election.  They&#8217;re not the only ones with either a reason to celebrate or feel despair today.  Plenty of others are, or should be caught up in the emotional wake of yesterday&#8217;s stunning results, and you might be one of them. <a href="http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/04/2009-election-winners-and-losers/#more-3181" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>Republicans Sweep Virginia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a night.
Bob McDonnell crushes Deeds 59-41, Bill Bolling wallops Wagner 56-44, and Ken Cuccinelli pounds Shannon 58-42.  Republicans pick up what looks to be six seats, with Morefield, Villanueva, Stolle, LeMunyon, Greason, Garrett, Anderson and Comstock winning, and Hamilton and Lopez coming up short.  Democrats also manage to lose the Governor&#8217;s race in New [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a night.</p>
<p>Bob McDonnell crushes Deeds 59-41, Bill Bolling wallops Wagner 56-44, and Ken Cuccinelli pounds Shannon 58-42.  Republicans pick up what looks to be six seats, with Morefield, Villanueva, Stolle, LeMunyon, Greason, Garrett, Anderson and Comstock winning, and Hamilton and Lopez coming up short.  Democrats also manage to lose the Governor&#8217;s race in New Jersey.</p>
<p>Do you hear that, Obama, Pelosi and Reid?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll start going through the numbers tomorrow, along with a discussion of some really strange numbers coming out of the Pattie precinct in the 52nd District in the Lieutenant Governor&#8217;s race, that somehow cast 4,000 votes for Jody Wagner, four times the number of votes that were cast in for McDonnell and Deeds.</p>
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		<title>Live Election Coverage Starts At 7:00PM</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, BVBL goes live-stream for election night coverage from the site of the 2009 Republican Victory Celebration at L&#38;B&#8217;s in Woodbridge, starting at 7:00PM.  To see the broadcast live on ustream, and participate in the chat, click here.  We&#8217;ll have coverage of tonight&#8217;s election results, interviews with the candidates, elected officials and leaders in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tonight, BVBL goes live-stream for election night coverage from the site of the 2009 Republican Victory Celebration at L&amp;B&#8217;s in Woodbridge, starting at 7:00PM.  To see the broadcast live on ustream, and participate in the chat, click <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/prince-william-county-politics">here</a>.  We&#8217;ll have coverage of tonight&#8217;s election results, interviews with the candidates, elected officials and leaders in the Republican Party, and of course, decidedly conservative commentary.</p>
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		<title>Early Polling Observations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Party and campaign operations folks are telling me this morning that turnout in traditionally Republican-leaning precincts in Prince William County are ranging in the 8-9% range, while Democrat-leaning precincts are hovering in the 3-4% range.  Although I expect this gap to narrow throughout the day, the gap should widen back up in the last two [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Party and campaign operations folks are telling me this morning that turnout in traditionally Republican-leaning precincts in Prince William County are ranging in the 8-9% range, while Democrat-leaning precincts are hovering in the 3-4% range.  Although I expect this gap to narrow throughout the day, the gap should widen back up in the last two hours of polling.   The feeling on the ground in many Democrat precincts is that Republicans are at least holding their ground, while in Republican precincts they strongly outnumber Democrats.   <a href="http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/03/early-polling-observations/#more-3178" class="more-link">(more&#8230;)</a></p>
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		<title>2009 Election Day Open Thread</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be busy working polls early on election day, and while I am I hope readers can share what they&#8217;re noticing at the polls and how many voters have turned out at their precincts.  I&#8217;m expecting many will see a fairly light turnout in their precincts and a pretty meager operation from Democrats at the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll be busy working polls early on election day, and while I am I hope readers can share what they&#8217;re noticing at the polls and how many voters have turned out at their precincts.  I&#8217;m expecting many will see a fairly light turnout in their precincts and a pretty meager operation from Democrats at the polls, unless Democrats are bringing in paid workers to hand out lit and sample ballots.</p>
<p>Above all, get all your friends to get out there and vote.  With such a positive outcome on the horizon, we really need to take advantage of the current political environment and send a strong message to Washington that we&#8217;re not at all happy with what we&#8217;re seeing.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s how I recommend voters cast their ballots in Prince William County on election day:
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		<title>Bob McDonnell Rocks The PWC Victory Rally</title>
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Bob McDonnell sure got the huge crowd at the PWC Victory Rally all fired up for the last day of the campaign with this great speech.  Bob was introduced by his daughter Jeanine and was interrupted by applause numerous times.  This looks like quite a capable and confident ticket, but regardless [...]]]></description>
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<p>Bob McDonnell sure got the huge crowd at the PWC Victory Rally all fired up for the last day of the campaign with this great speech.  Bob was introduced by his daughter Jeanine and was interrupted by applause numerous times.  This looks like quite a capable and confident ticket, but regardless they sure are working hard on the last day of the campaign.  This is only one of several rallies across the Commonwealth that McDonnell, Bolling and Cuccinelli attended.</p>
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		<title>Bill Bolling At The PWC Victory Rally</title>
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Bill Bolling sure helped energize the huge Prince William County crowd that showed up for him today, and he didn&#8217;t even have to mention once who he was running against. Here are his remarks at the PWC Victory Rally in Bristow that fired up the crowd.
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<p>Bill Bolling sure helped energize the huge Prince William County crowd that showed up for him today, and he didn&#8217;t even have to mention once who he was running against. Here are his remarks at the PWC Victory Rally in Bristow that fired up the crowd.</p>
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		<title>Ken Cuccinelli At The Victory Rally</title>
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As usual, Ken is great with an energized crowd, and this one sure was. Here are his remarks at the PWC Victory Rally in Bristow earlier today. To put a big fat exclamation point on Ken&#8217;s great campaign, while I was posting this I got a robo-call from the Deeds campaign [...]]]></description>
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<p>As usual, Ken is great with an energized crowd, and this one sure was. Here are his remarks at the PWC Victory Rally in Bristow earlier today. To put a big fat exclamation point on Ken&#8217;s great campaign, while I was posting this I got a robo-call from the Deeds campaign begging me to reach out to voters who &#8220;weren&#8217;t as committed as I was&#8221; and get them to the polls. Yeah, the Dems are in trouble this year.</p>
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		<title>SurveyUSA: Blowout Coming For VA Republicans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[These numbers are phenominal:
Governor:
Bob McDonnell           58
Creigh Deeds              40
Lt. Governor:
Bill Bolling                  57
Jody Wagner               41
Attorney General:
Ken Cuccinelli             59
Steve Shannon            39
And the impact on the House of Delegates races?  Priceless.  If the election turns out like this, ten is the minimum pick-up for Republicans.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=22eb96c2-b56c-4846-b25d-08a1aa177fb2">These numbers</a> are phenominal:</p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5"><strong><u>Governor:</u></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5"><strong>Bob McDonnell           <font color="#ff0000">58</font></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5"><strong>Creigh Deeds              <font color="#ff0000">40</font></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5"><strong><u>Lt. Governor:</u></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5"><strong>Bill Bolling                  <font color="#ff0000">57</font></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5"><strong>Jody Wagner               <font color="#ff0000">41</font></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5"><strong><u>Attorney General:</u></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5"><strong>Ken Cuccinelli             <font color="#ff0000">59</font></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5"><strong>Steve Shannon            <font color="#ff0000">39</font></strong></font></p>
<p>And the impact on the House of Delegates races?  Priceless.  If the election turns out like this, ten is the minimum pick-up for Republicans.</p>
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