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Keep in mind that one of the tricks the pollsters have been using in VA is to cut the independents down by a huge amount from where they were in 2004 and 2006. That may account for some of the problem.

[kesg]

Keep in mind that one of the tricks the pollsters have been using in VA is to cut the independents down by a huge amount from where they were in 2004 and 2006. That may account for some of the problem.

Right. And this is a dirty trick because the Independents in VA are much more conservative than the national average.