Granted. Davis is a RINO, but you're correct that he's no loser.
He is, however, out of the party mainstream. I would take issue with your statement that he's "assumed" to be the heir to the Warner Senate seat.
HE may assume that. But it's not coming from the rank and file GOP.
He'll likely make a strong run for it in any case. Who else is on deck for it that you know of? (Like many in NoVa, I know relatively little about downstate political figures).
Yes Colin, we must oppose this fellow in the primaries. I'm not Virginian but live close enough to do something. The bottom line is that Tom Davis will make Santorum look like Chafee.