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...pundits have determined that Democrats owe their victories to Bush's unpopularity, and at least once in the next week you will hear Bush supporters remind you that "Bush's name wasn't on the ballot." Virginia, where Senator George Allen has finally conceded the loss of his seat to Jim Webb, may be the one state where they wish it had been...
...true, the Webb campaign's single strategy appeared to be to drill Allen's voting record-96% of them cast in the service of Bush's agenda-into Virginians' heads. Also, Webb, like every Democrat this cycle and some Republicans, hammered on the Administration's mistakes in Iraq...
...Virginians in the exit poll said that the war in Iraq was extremely important, compared to 46% who said "values issues" were. These are the kind of numbers that Karl Rove was trying to conjure for every GOP candidate, and, by all conventional wisdom, they should have worked in Allen's favor-Virginia passed an anti-gay marriage amendment, after...
...Republican majority to the door of the House of Representatives and turned a majority of governors' mansions over to the Democrats. Control of the Senate also looked within reach. Although ballots were still being counted in the contested Virginia race, Republicans were sounding pessimistic that incumbent Senator George Allen could make up the thousands of votes he needed to catch up with Democratic challenger Jim Webb...
...both contests, however, the Democrat was ahead. State Senator Jon Tester was ahead, but just barely, of incumbent Republican Conrad Burns in Montana. And Democratic challenger Jim Webb clung to a thin lead over incumbent Sen. George Allen in Virginia...