State Senator Creigh Deeds: “Clubbed like a harp seal”?

Yahoo News gave me quite a surprise today with one of their analogies describing the loss of Senator Creigh Deeds. See below for the entertaining excerpt, or Read the full article here.


The Democratic line, from the White House on down, is to plunge into nuance — making the case that the big 2009 contests were effectively local races waged by two weak candidates in incumbent Jon Corzine in New Jersey, beaten by Republican Chris Christie, and state Sen. Creigh Deeds in Virginia, who was clubbed like a harp seal in his 17-percentage-point loss to GOP nominee Bob McDonnell.

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