Initially, as research I read a number of books by such writers as Iain Sinclair and Mark Mason.

BBC: Students of the street

If Republicans win back the governor's office, they "could now show they are alive and well and they are competitive in Virginia, but it also sends a national message about the Republicans' ability to come back in the Obama era, " said Mark Rozell, a professor of public policy at George Mason University in Virginia.

CNN: Analysis: Anger, frustration fuel Election Day 2009

Mason could be said to have channeled his inner Mark Zuckerberg.

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