Give this to Democrat Creigh Deeds: He is resolute in his slop-bucket campaign, smearing his Republican opponent in the Virginia gubernatorial race instead of outlining a coherent vision for governing the commonwealth. Deeds is desperately trying to bury Bob McDonnell under an avalanche of mud in order to distract voters from his own flip-flops, dissembling and outright hypocrisy:

»  Such as the contradictory positions Deeds has taken regarding collective bargaining for public safety employees, which is not allowed in Virginia. After telling the Fraternal Order of Police that he supports it, Deeds turned around and told the Virginia Sheriffs’ Association that he did not.