Posted on 10/27/2014 7:58:34 AM PDT by Bulwinkle
A seven-year-old law created after congressional Republicans pressured lobbying firms to hire their former staffers could be invoked against Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia.
Earlier this year, when then-Virginia state senator Phillip Puckett was considering resigning so his daughter could become a state judge without a conflict of interest, Warner intervened in an effort to convince him to stay.
In an hour-long conversation, Warner described other job opportunities he could help the state senator's daughter get instead of the state judgeship, Puckett’s son told investigators....
(Excerpt) Read more at m.washingtonexaminer.com ...
If the GOPers are going to may hay over this, they’d better get on the stick. Kneepads Warner still has a 10+ point lead in that race. I’d love to see Warner go down.
It’s the Republicans fault that Warner was caught trying to bribe Puckett. This reads like a parody.
I’m sure that Holder has the DOJ and FBI working this as a top priority.
Most political news today does. :/
praying MW goes down, he is nothing but lib scum in my book! i know it’s a long shot but you never know...hope more Virginians wake up before next Monday!
Mike
All I see on the TV is ads about the ‘Enron Trial Lawyer’ he’s running against ... (don’t flame the messenger)
Kneepads Warner still has a 10+ point lead in that race.
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There have not been any polls since the first week of oct.
What I’ve heard is that the race has tightened considerably.
CBS News/NYT/YouGov
Sunday, Oct. 26
Warner 49, Gillespie 39 — Warner +10
darn
Gillespie Closing the Gap!
Posted by Jeanine Martin
Date: October 26, 2014
18 Comments
http://thebullelephant.com/gillespie-closing-the-gap/
The Senate race in Virginia will be the upset race of 2014. There. I’ve said it. Some of you may recall I have a pretty good track record for predicting election outcomes in Virginia. The latest New York Times/CBS News poll has the Senate race in Virginia down to single digits, 46% for Warner to Gillespie’s 37%, BUT democrats were over sampled in this poll by 10%, 49-39. Sarvis gets a mere 1% of the vote. In addition to the major problem of over sampling democrats, 11% of respondents were still undecided and independents were breaking for Gillespie. We know that undecideds rarely break for the guy they’ve known for decades. If Mark Warner hasn’t won them over by now, it’s not going to happen. Full details of the poll here.
https://today.yougov.com/news/2014/09/07/battleground-tracker-2014-virginia/#wave4sen
More good news for Ed Gillespie, he has been endorsed by Richmond Times-Dispatch. http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/our-opinion/today-s-top-opinion-gillespie-for-senate/article_7ae7292a-6e0c-5734-b0a7-8944670ce72d.html
The Democrats made a massive deal out of McDonnell accepting gifts even though it didn’t benefit the giver.
Now they have to sweep this under the table.
That D+10 sample does heavily overstate the dems. It probably will be closer to D+4 or 5. Gillespie could be within 5 or 6. Thanks for posting!
yeah. 5-6 sounds about right.
That means Gillespie has cut warners lead in half since early oct. when warners lead was running about 10.
The kicker is the undecideds which are running at 11%
The rule as I understand it — is that this late in the game undecideds typically break for the challenger—especially when there is a well known figure like Warner .
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