Deeds: Still the candidate of the people...

We know Creigh well, out here in Valley of Virginia. No surprises. No hype.

He's a straight shooter, who you can count in a fight. He will do as he says, says what he will do.

Creigh has solid credibility with independents and moderate Republicans. It will take way more than the D-team insiders that will likely decide the trifecta primary for the Democratic slot, when it comes time to take it to Repub Bob McD in November. Hopefully Democrats will to be thinking about the 4th quarter game plan for 2009 when they pull the lever on June 9th.

From Star City Harbinger: Is Deeds the “sleeper in this race”?

Signer Says NO GO to Bill "The Drill-o-saurus" Bolling Energy Plan

Tipping Point Near - Americans Increasingly Like Track We're On

From Daily Kos Weekly Trend Data 4/30/09:







Enough data points have been gathered... it is safe to conclude, we have strong statistical evidence of a process shift. Americans have been steadily increasing their positive sense of the direction that the country is headed or "on the right track". Looking at the run chart data above, Right Track/Wrong Track, a sustained positively increasing trend is clearly in evidence.

Expect to see a tipping point or cross-over point soon, where more Americans feel we are on the Right Track vs. those that don't.

Also notable, is the sustained process stability of President Obama's favorable rating. His favorable rating appears to been holding steady at about 70%, with significantly low variability.

Americans like what they see so far, 100 days into this new Administration.

Run Chart "Trend" Rule: a sequence of 6 or 7 points continually increasing or decreasing.

Faith & Torture... WWJD?

Source: Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life

_{Data from a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 14-21, 2009, among 742 American adults. Other religious groups are not reported due to small sample sizes.}

_{Question wording: Do you think the use of torture against suspected terrorists in order to gain important information can often be justified, sometimes be justified, rarely be justified, or never be justified?}