This is a fantastic, must read account by Conaway Haskins - author of "South of the James" - of his meeting this past weekend with Jim Webb. A couple of excerpts:
He was warm, engaging, and funny, and he never asked for my vote. He is the genuine article and sticks to his principles +óGé¼GÇ£ no B.S. at all. Far from the typical politician, Jim Webb seems to have an inability to not tell the truth.
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Jim Webb once wrote that +óGé¼+ôthe greatest realignment in modern politics would take place rather quickly if the right national leader found a way to bring the Scots-Irish and African Americans to the same table, and so to redefine a formula that has consciously set them apart for the past two centuries." As the birthplace of American greatest political leaders and its most tragic +óGé¼+ôpeculiar+óGé¼-¥ institution, it would be fitting for Virginia to be the testing ground for such a grand experiment. In 2006, Jim Webb believes that he may be just such a leader for the Commonwealth. Quite frankly, I believe that in June, Democrats ought to give him a shot at proving it.
Great stuff. Read it all here