Politico Poll: McAuliffe Leads Cooch by 9 pts; Virginians Blame GOP for Shutdown, Dislike Ted Cruz

For the full results of the new Politico poll, click here. The bottom line is that Ken Cuccinelli is in deep trouble with just 4 weeks to go until Election Day 2013. Oh, and in other news, Virginians (correctly) blame Republicans for the shutdown, they do NOT like Ted Cruz (Virginians are smart), and plurality SUPPORTS the proposed EPA regulations on new coal-fired power plants (not that there were going to be any new coal-fired power plants built in the U.S. anyway, due to competition from cheap natural gas, wind power, energy efficiency, etc.). On all counts, Cuccinelli comes out the loser. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Heh.