Yep. It's very clear that the GOP forumula in 2005 has sucked. Dubya's approval ratings are indeed in the toilet. That is negatively impacting the entire GOP. I have said so for months only to be told the polls are all wrong, etc.
They have a year to turn it around, but not if they are in denial.
I can only hope, pray, that it begins with the firing of Scott McClellan.
This is more of a all politics is local race, IMO. Afterall the Gov. of VA doesn't run foreign policy.