One of my Virginia guys told me a few days ago, “I warned you a while back that this race would turn real nasty and I think we’re there. Unlike NJ where the voters appear to be either completely brain dead or turned off, Virginia voters are fairly sophisticated. And like I said before, the Democratic Party could seriously damage its brand if the three statewide candidates go too over the top.”

I think he’s right; the response from a lot of folks I encounter – including Mrs. Campaign Spot – is an exhaustion and irritation with all political advertising, but particularly the clichéd negative ads.

But I figured Democrat Creigh Deeds would see where relentless negative ads had gotten him — trailing by a lot, maybe 19 percentage points — and would go positive in his final two weeks.

Nope.

Creigh Deeds apparently thinks his 15th negative ad will succeed where his first 14 didn’t.

You don’t see me posting negative ads here very much, but I offer it, to show how tired, boring, and uninspired it is, as if one more ad on the Washington Post endorsement was a game-changer:

If Creigh Deeds insists upon doubling down on a losing strategy, and goes negative all the way into November, maybe this is going to be a blowout along the lines of the SurveyUSA results . . .