Category: Creigh Deeds

"Pointless Babble" and "Self Promotion" in VA-Gov Race '09

March 3, 2010 by Blue Virginia

I don't agree with everything in this study, but I think it's interesting nonetheless (if nothing else, that someone actually did a study on candidates' tweeting habits!). This quote is priceless:

For most Twitter accounts, Self-Promotion accounted for the majority of tweets. The exception was @CreighDeeds, where Pointless Babble constituted a plurality (44.32%) of tweets. In fact, Deeds devoted more tweets to his musical tastes (39 tweets) than his transportation plan...

Brilliant, huh? No, didn't think so, unless of course you had a deeper interest in Creigh Deeds' music favorites than in why you should support him for governor.

Ned Lamont Falling Flat With Progressive Bloggers?

February 17, 2010 by Blue Virginia

On February 5, I wrote about Ned Lamont hiring former Deeds for Governor campaign manager Joe Abbey to run his own gubernatorial campaign in Connecticut. As I wrote at the time:

...when I think of potential campaign managers for Ned Lamont, the first name that springs to mind isn't Abbey's. Why not? Nothing bad about Joe Abbey, but when I think of Ned Lamont - or at least the 2006 version - I think of a netroots activist-oriented, liberal/progressive candidate and campaign. That's simply not how I see Joe Abbey, whose last two gigs were with moderate-conservative, top-down Democrats Mark Warner and Creigh Deeds.