[Servant of the 9]

I've never met the gentleman, but had heard of Senator Allen long before I ever moved to Virginia.

Yes, you have, I have, but the rank and file voter hasn't.

SO9

[Gabz]

Yes, you have, I have, but the rank and file voter hasn't.

Maybe, maybe not.........but if so the job is to get the name known.

[Antoninus]

Yes, you have, I have, but the rank and file voter hasn't.

That's what primaries are for...

[SuziQ]

Yes, you have, I have, but the rank and file voter hasn't.

Same as it was with George W. Bush. He had to establish himself with the voters as someone different from his father. That's what primary and general election campaigns are for.

Believe me, after a Repub. primary campaign, if Allen is running, folks who bother to pay attention will know who he is. The media is going to put a lot of heat, if not light on the subject of the Repub. nominee for Pres. in 2006, because it will be supporting the most liberal Repub. candidate, and diss all the others.