It's been a good ride, i'm saddened by the results, but the republic goes on. THe fact that allen lost by such a tiny margin is a testament to that man. The democrats threw everything they had at him, and even with that could only win by a few thousand votes.
I wish him the best and hope he goes onto something else that could help conservatives.
And, while I really don't want to rehash it over and over, it's important for the Allen naysayers on FR to remember.
1) He had EVERYTHING thrown at him from Webb, Soros, Moveon, Hillary, Dean, the DNC and the Main Scream Media.
2) He lost on a night when Republicans were losing EVERYWHERE. IOW, if you lost a seat in your own state, STFU.
3) We WON the marriage amendment by a significant margin.
4) VIRGINIA LOST NO GOP HOUSE SEATS!
The same people who are trashing Allen and Virginia this year are the same people who were trashing Kilgore and Virginia last year.
Forgetting all along last year that we WON two out of three statewide races and we held control of the General Assembly.
This is a hard loss. It shouldn't have happened. And heaven knows the Allen campaign made some signficant mistakes.
But George Allen does not stand alone amongst Republicans in this loss.