Polls like this do not help Allen, if he can't win his home state he is toast.
But does any other Republican besides George Allen have the potential to beat Mark Warner in Virginia?
I agree with that, but the nomination is going to Hillary by decree of the NY Times nomenklatura.
The problem with Mark Warner is that he is confused with Senator John Warner.
Allen wins easy in Virginia.
It's the home state of both candidates in the poll. Allen would be the best chance at carrying Virginia if Warner got the Democrat nomination. Otherwise, it is a huge, automatic loss to the GOP electoral base.
Yeah but the Allen supporters are in denial that their "coservative" state just elected two socialist RAT governors in a row and INSIST that anyone with an "R" next to his name will automatically win Virigina without lifting a finger. (BTW, Kaine did NOT run as a "conserative" Dem, I looked at his position on the issues and he's MUCH further left than the "moderate" Democrat state reps I have out here in the Chicago area! For starters, they don't believe in abortion on demand)
They're also in denial that "yankee game show host" Mark Warner has consistantly beee more popular in Virgina than Allen, and not just with the "yankees in liberal Northern Virgina" Finally, every freeper who proclaims Allen is the best nominee is insistant that "Hillary" will AUTOMATICALLY be the next RAT nominee, even though alot of RATs are sick of her. They don't even want to entertain how we'd be a southern or midwestern RAT governor with a GOP nominee from a safe Bush state.
Luckily I agree with your point. I do not think we should nominate a Presidential candidate who polls like Al Gore in his home state. Gore had been elected statewide thrice in Tennesee as well. Where did it get him when he went up against another southerner?
I whole-heartily support Allen for re-election to the Senate (and I think he'll pull it off easily unless the RATS get a big name in the race), but he's looking more and more like Goldwater/Dole redux in a national race. Conserative? Yes. Electable? No.
That's true for the presidential ambitions of both Warner and Allen.
Allen would have been better off not running for relection to the senate, and running for pres from outside DC. But I think he is trying to keep his seat in R hands.
You're just plain wrong. That Allen is within the margin of error against a "popular" sitting democrat governor of Virginia in a liberal biased poll speaks volumes.