Kilgore has been endorsed by Fairfax Chamber of Commerce. He was also kissing up to Mark Fisher at The Washinton Post - sures seems like Kilgore is going for teh moderate vote.
Well DUH!
The candidate that gets the swing/moderate voters and his base wins this thing. That's Politics 101.
It's my understanding that that is the definition of a "moderate"; They swing both ways. (You get them to swing your way if you want to win.)