Thursday, October 12, 2006

No Race Between Virginians   [John Podhoretz]

I've always wondered, Rich, whether the excitement over the Virginians derives entirely from their proximity to Washington. Were Allen a senator from, say, Nebraska, would he ever have generated such inside-the-Beltway blather? And yes, Warner did well winning in Virginia — but you never hear similar talk about Phil Bredesen, the Democratic governor of Tennessee, who has prevailed and succeeded under more difficult partisan circumstances than Warner. Bredesen isn't a charismatic guy, so maybe that's understandable, but Warner isn't exactly JFK either and mostly seemed to be a thrilling possibility for Democrats because he has so much of his own money.

Anyway, that's why it could be that the two presidential candidates in 2008 will come from an unheralded state — like, say, New York. 

10/12 12:44 PMShare