Former Clinton operative Terry McAuliffe has fallen precipitously in the polls in recent days and it’s looking as if he could lose to state Sen. Creigh Deeds today in the Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary:

It?s a startling turn of events for a governor?s race overshadowed by the outsize personality and deep pockets of McAuliffe, whose lead in the polls has dramatically dwindled in recent weeks at the hands of a veteran state legislator and country lawyer with a donkey named Harry S Truman.