Creigh Deeds, Hell-Bent On Doubling Down On A Losing Strategy

Creigh Deeds and Bob McDonnell debated in Virginia last night. The event was pretty striking for how little news or buzz it generated; if this race turns out the way the polls indicate, we may look back and conclude that there wasn't much Deeds could do at this point in the race to change the momentum.

Deeds insisted his opponent was lying several times during the debate; his campaign continues to center around how McDonnell is really a far-right social conservative instead of the sensible, detail-oriented nice guy up on the stage. For his constant accusations of "lying", the Washington NBC affiliate...