Ornery Dem

We hear about how Sen. Clinton has one eye on the White House and one foot in the Senate almost every day. Her every move is analyzed and over analyzed. Her every motive is challenged by the traditional media. Sen. Allen who is also running for the White House in '08, but needs to win a Senate election in '06 first has been given scant attention. I wonder why no one has been questioning his every move?

While while the media was sleeping and while Sen. Allen was busy working Des Moines, a competitive race just might have snook up on him:

WaPo:

The two Democrats, former Information Technology Association of America head Harris Miller and James Webb, a best-selling author and Reagan administration secretary of the Navy, will meet in what appears to be an unprecedented, three-month lightning round of a primary. By June 14, the party should have its man, and Democrats are hoping that, at the least, they can force Allen to spend more time in Danville than Des Moines.



Six months ago, Democrats were just looking for someone who could make it a race against Allen and force him to spend some of the millions in his bank account. But Timothy M. Kaine's relatively wide margin in his race for governor in November, as well as his strong showing in the before-then solidly Republican territories of Prince William and Loudoun counties, combined with President Bush's diminishing approval ratings have some in the party daring to dream more boldly.

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He and others believe that Bush's low approval ratings have particular resonance in the suburbs of Northern Virginia and that Allen's forays into the 2008 presidential race -- he's made trips to most of the influential early primary states and will be in Iowa for two days next week -- could hurt.

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The 60-year-old former Marine (Webb) has a complicated résumé for die-hard Democratic voters to sort through: Republican Capitol Hill staffer; Reagan administration official; supporter of Robb against Oliver L. North in the Senate campaign of 1994; supporter of Allen against Robb in the Senate campaign of 2000. He has had kind words for those who fought for the Confederacy; unkind words for the Clinton administration, which he called "corrupt"; and now says that Allen has no accomplishments and that George W. Bush is no Ronald Reagan.

I like Webb. Actually, I like whomever can bloody up Allen. Winning is all that matters.

Polling: Rassmussen (2/8/06)

Allen - 48%

Miller - 35%

Allen - 49%

Webb - 37%

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