Reminds me of that "moderate" Republican who ran as an independent to keep Oliver North out of the Senate in 1994.
I hope and believe that Kilgore will be more successful than North.
Kilgore shouldn't have to face some other factors that confronted North: a high-ranking incumbent GOP turncoat, John Warner, got the RINO (Coleman?) into the 1994 race and used all his power to back the RINO, and the liberal monopoly media went to war against North. (The WP ran hit piece after hit piece against Oliver North, culminating with a hit piece a few days before the election that seemed to come from the anti-North campaign literature of the lunatic Lyndon LaRouche.)
Now I know that the media will favor the Dem in this year's VA gov. contest, but I don't think that they will be as strident as they were against North. Also, the liberal media will be less effective than they were in 1994. Talk radio and the internet, much more powerful than in 1994, can help overcome media bias as proven in Bush's reelection against an outrageous stream of lies, half-truths and distortions of the media.
You are correct. There are many more things going in Kilgore's favor.
There was a lot of negative press against Oliver North and the convention fight was pretty hectic for him to win the nomination. And yes, it was Marshall Coleman (2 time statewide loser) that ran against North and Robb.
Kilgore got more votes in 2001 than either Warner or Kaine. And he's got the best fund raising apparatus out there.
The more I think of this, the more I think the strategery is to make Kaine look more moderate. Potts says he's in this to win.
I can't believe even he is that delusional.
It will be either Kilgore or Kaine. And we've got to fight like heck to make sure it's Kilgore.
Worth repeating...MUD
Do folks in the Peoples Republic of Northern Va get to vote in our elections?
BTW..Are any of you DC FReepers doing the Fayetteville NC FReep on March 19th?