In the latest poll from the “we-tried-our-hardest-to-boost-Deeds” Washington Post, Bob McDonnell leads now by 11 points in the Virginia gubernatorial race. And that’s not all:

McDonnell holds double-digit advantages when it comes to dealing with the economy (plus 17 percentage points), transportation (16 points), taxes (25 points) and has overtaken Deeds as the one more trusted to handle issues of special concern to women (7 points). On taxes, which has been a focal point of the campaign in recent weeks, McDonnell has stretched his lead significantly, and now holds a better than 2 to 1 lead over Deeds among independent voters. . . .

McDonnell now holds big leads as the one who would be a more effective leader (21 percentage point advantage), the more honest and trustworthy (+14) and the more in-tune with people’s problems (+11). On all three of these attributes, the candidates were about even in mid-September.

One more nugget: Virginia voters oppose ObamaCare by a 53 to 43 percent margin.

If these numbers hold, expect a political earthquake to rumble through the Virginia congressional delegation, and indeed the entire Democratic caucus. Rightly or not, many are going to see this as evidence that the voters are sending a message to Washington: knock it off.

In the meantime, every Democrat on next Tuesday’s ballot is figuring out how many points they need to run above the top of the ticket to eke out a victory. And part of that might be a last-minute push to run as far as they can from their gubernatorial candidate, who is now imperiling their political futures.

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