Back in 2006, Democrats saw a lot of opportunity to take back the House and Senate and one specific state they focused on was Virginia. They saw then-Senator George Allen as the likely GOP Presidential Nominee in 2008 and made their #1 mission to take him out. After the macaca incident (which teaches politicians never to say a word of which they don't know the definition), liberal advocacy groups, the left-wing media and the Washington Post hammered away to see his defeat. The constant pounding Allen took, combined with the overzealous praise of his opponent, James Webb, along with the fact that it was a Democrat year in the Midterm election in 2006 brought about the defeat of the former Senator.
Webb campaigned as a moderate, pro-military Democrat and wore his Reagan association on his sleeve. The media was very one-sided in support of Webb, as they seldom reported on his own problems with racism.
Nearly six years later, Webb is up for re-election. His record has shown him to abandon his moderate stance and his temper has come out on occasion. With the Electoral results in Virginia in 2009 and 2010, he is in big trouble and has yet to even announce his re-election campaign.
With the current political atmosphere and trend, former Senator George Allen has just declared he will be running to be the US Senate Republican nominee in 2012. He will face a primary challenge from TEA Party backed candidate, Jamie Radtke, but I do not think she will be much of a roadblock to Allen, as he has a strong and consistently conservative record in Virginia as Governor and Senator. He is effective in articulating his record and he can be considered one of the original TEA Party members, as he was articulating smaller government and an appreciation of the founders before the TEA Party was formed. In the end, Allen will likely prevail in the primary.
Considering what we saw in 2006, a Webb-Allen rematch will be one of the more closely watched Senate races in 2012.
Webb campaigned as a moderate, pro-military Democrat and wore his Reagan association on his sleeve. The media was very one-sided in support of Webb, as they seldom reported on his own problems with racism.
Nearly six years later, Webb is up for re-election. His record has shown him to abandon his moderate stance and his temper has come out on occasion. With the Electoral results in Virginia in 2009 and 2010, he is in big trouble and has yet to even announce his re-election campaign.
With the current political atmosphere and trend, former Senator George Allen has just declared he will be running to be the US Senate Republican nominee in 2012. He will face a primary challenge from TEA Party backed candidate, Jamie Radtke, but I do not think she will be much of a roadblock to Allen, as he has a strong and consistently conservative record in Virginia as Governor and Senator. He is effective in articulating his record and he can be considered one of the original TEA Party members, as he was articulating smaller government and an appreciation of the founders before the TEA Party was formed. In the end, Allen will likely prevail in the primary.
Considering what we saw in 2006, a Webb-Allen rematch will be one of the more closely watched Senate races in 2012.
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