Thumbnail of a Senate race

By: Rob
Published On: 2/12/2006 2:00:00 AM

From Cox News Service, a thumbnail of this year's Senate race:

Until recently, Republican incumbent George Allen had been looking past his re-election campaign in Virginia this year to a possible presidential bid in 2008. But last week, former Reagan Navy Secretary James Webb announced he would switch parties and run for the Democratic nomination to challenge Allen. This race could stoke debate about the war in Iraq. Webb, a well-known author, has been an outspoken critic of the president's handling of the war. Allen, on the other hand, has been a strong advocate of Bush's Iraq policy. Webb could encounter some resistance from Democrats in the primary, where he will face Harris Miller, the former president of the Information Technology Association of America. Virginia regularly votes for Republican presidential candidates, but it elected Democrats in its last two gubernatorial elections. And the Democratic leanings of the fast growing Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., could make it more difficult for Allen to win a second term in the Senate.

Sounds fair to me.  By the way, isn't Allen "looking past his re-election campaign in Virginia" the same thing as Allen looking past Virginia altogether?


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