WaPo's Chris Cillizza thinks the race for John Warner's seat is pretty much over.
Ever since Mark Warner got in the race, Cillizza has ranked that seat as the most likely to switch parties. But today:
Start warming up the bus. This one is all over. Barring some sort of unforeseen political catastrophe, Mark Warner will be the next senator from the commonwealth. Rep. Tom Davis's decision not to run for the Senate leaves former Gov. Jim Gilmore as the almost-certain nominee. And after the results of last week's state elections in Virginia, it's hard to even find a Republican who thinks Gilmore has a chance.
Man, I hope this is right ... Giuliani, from what I understand, is leading Virginia by a slight margin. And from what little I know about Jim Gilmore, he'll try to find a way to swift boat Warner.
Virginia's looking like a lovely shade of blue ... now maybe if that blue tide can trickle down into North Carolina, we'll be in business.