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Published Aug. 30, 2009 at 4:01 a.m.
Veteran politicos have seen some very well-run campaigns in the commonwealth over the years, and some very poorly run campaigns. But perhaps not since Ben “Cooter” Jones tried to unseat 7th District Rep. Eric Cantor have they seen a prominent campaign as odd as that of gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds. Deeds won the Democratic nomination through a combination of political aikido—he let his primary opponents throw haymakers while he glided right past them—and a Washington Post endorsement based in large measure on the belief that Deeds “would make transportation his first priority.“


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