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Bob McDonnell's almost-final vote total in Virginia is 59 percent to Creigh Deeds' anemic 41 percent.
For all the talk of a referendum on Obama (to continue harping on a theme), I've seen nor heard anyone talk about what an embarrassment this represents for Tim Kaine -- not only the sitting governor, but the chairman of the national Democratic Party.

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