If you missed it, the Baltimore Sun has an article today on Jim Webb, entitled "Maverick seeks to unseat Va. senator: Author, Vietnam veteran Webb targets Republican Allen." Overall, it's fairly well balanced, even throwing in a couple of unfounded attacks by Harris "anti-labor, anti-worker, pro-outsourcing" Miller. My favorite lines?
* "If screenwriter Jim Webb were crafting the story of Senate candidate Jim Webb, it would go like this: An anti-war Democrat with a war-hero record and a quirky personal history knocks off one of the Republican Party's fastest-rising stars and helps his party win back the Senate in the 2006 election."
* "Webb's background and maverick style could help him attract Republicans and independents. His family ties to the hills of rural southwestern Virginia and his ardent backing of gun rights might help connect him to Virginia's "NASCAR voters," brought to national attention a few years ago by strategists now advising Webb."
* "'I am like your typical guy,'" Webb said, 'sitting out here wishing that one party or the other would speak for what I believe in.'"
* "You cannot ask me to abandon my loyalties to my own culture, which, I think, needs help, and that's really what I try to say. You go to southwest Virginia, go out in the Appalachian Mountains and tell them that they've had an advantage."
and finally...
* "Webb has learned that the views he has expressed can cause problems for him. 'It's very dangerous to run for political office if you have an intellect,' Webb said, laughing heartily."
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This is good for Webb. And if Lowell's post yesterday is correct, Webb should get a pretty big endorsement soon.