ADVISORY: Pollsters Detail Damage to McDonnell

Conference call at 1:30 p.m. TODAY

The following advisory is being released by the Democratic Governors
Association:

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell thought he would be the clear
leader heading into the Virginia general election, but he is beginning the
race severely wounded.

"The candidate who was most damaged in the Democratic primary was Bob
McDonnell and now he's limping into the general," said Nathan Daschle,
executive director of the Democratic Governors Association, which gave $3
million to the progressive organization that educated voters about McDonnell's
record on unemployment. "The more voters learned about McDonnell, the more
they rejected him. His stance on rejecting unemployment benefits soured
Virginians on him, and the ads critiquing his stance triple voters' negative
perceptions about him."

According to polling by the Democratic Governors Association, Sen. Creigh
Deeds continues to lead his opponent by four points, despite McDonnell's clear
path to the nomination and unprecedented $2 million investment in television
ads early in the race.

A copy of the polling memo is available on request.

The ads, which were run by Common Sense Virginia, explained McDonnell's
heartless rejection of $125 million in federal unemployment funds. The ads ran
statewide for a month leading up to the Democratic primary.

WHO: Pollsters John Anzalone and Jeff Liszt

WHAT: Conference call

WHEN:1:30 p.m.

CALL-IN: Contact Emily DeRose at (202) 772-5620 or derose@dga.net

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 16/

SOURCE Democratic Governors Association

Emily DeRose of the Democratic Governors Association, +1-202-772-5620