Creigh Deeds

...in the course of the campaign. In an effort to wake up both slumbering party liberals unenthused by Deeds and culturally moderate independents, Deeds would seize on McDonnell's opposition to abortion and a 20-year-old graduate thesis he...

In this article: Bob McDonnell, Barack Obama, Tim Kaine, Washington, and Virginia

...Deeds campaign some advice. Feld told me he urged Deeds to immediately launch an attack campaign painting his Republican rival, state Attorney General Bob McDonnell, as "Pat Robertson's Manchurian Candidate. " If Deeds wavered, Feld was...

In this article: Bob McDonnell, Pat Robertson, The Daily Beast, Max Blumenthal, Regent University, Manchurian Candidate, Michael Steele, and 700 Club

...has won the White House has gone on to capture Virginia's governorship the next year. McDonnell's campaign -- supported, like Deeds's, with millions of dollars from his national party -- was on the defensive for only a few weeks, starting...

In this article: Robert F. McDonnell, R. Creigh Deeds, Barack Obama, Tax, Attorney General, Timothy M. Kaine, Mark Warner, GOP, and Virginia

...a college founded by religious broadcaster Pat Robertson, that conveyed very traditionalist views about the role of women in society and the workplace. But Deeds, a rare statewide Democratic nominee who hails from rural and mainly conservative...

In this article: Republican Party, Dede Scozzafava, Bob McDonnell, Bill Owens, Barack Obama, New York City, and Virginia

...to the family. Deeds seized on the thesis, making it the centerpiece of an advertising campaign designed to convince voters that McDonnell was a right-wing extremist who had undergone a disingenuous campaign-year makeover. The strategy...

In this article: R. Creigh Deeds, Robert McDonnell, Virginia, Tax, Barack Obama, Attorney General, Jon S. Corzine, Regent University, Chris Christie, and US Senate