That is crazy. Here in VA both other major offices went to the GOP easily. Kilgore could've won but he failed to invigorate about 10% of the voters who voted for both the other GOP candidates. He didn't have a key issue and didn't attack nearly hard enough, Bill Bolling won and he really stuck the liberal label to his opponent like "stuck on stupid". Kaine was running as a stealth liberal with the support of a very popular Governor who should've been taken to task for the largest tax increase in Virginia history but for some reason the GOP wasn't willing to fight that battle (primary because many of their own caved on the issue). I didn't expect Forrester to win and it looks like he actually did worse than expected but I think that was his last minute flipflop with the pro-choice folks. Tonight was a mixed bag, the Democrats won one race they had a clear edge on and another with a guy running as a moderate-to-conservative Democrat. Not a lot to be excited about unless the GOP rolls over and plays dead for the next year which isn't going to happen. Don't forget several delicious events have yet to come. Saddam's execution is one of them, Alito’s confirmation, another round of successful Iraqi elections, and then Libby's acquittal. There is a lot to look forward to if conservatives hold the ground and fight.
Others noted that Forrester did slightly better than Schundler in 2001 in NJ Govs race. Corzine is dirty, but he's also filthy rich and basically bought the election against a GOP candidate who was too moderate to hit hard on non-character issues... The GOP has major problems with the pro-choice / pro-life divide in that state.
As for VA, if the GOP statewide candidates won the other offices, it just tells us that Kaine was the better candidate, and/or Warner coattails. That's no trend.
Meanwhile OHIO news is good, and marriage is safe in Texas, 74% for preserving traditional marriage.
Liberal dems need to ponder being on the opposite side of 3/4ths of the voters on an issue like gay marriage before the declare victory.