Just wanted to draw people's attention to an entry on the Webb-Allen race in Randy Shaw's blog. (For those of you unfamiliar with San Francisco politics, Shaw is a well-known homeless activist. While to the left of the bulk of Kossacks, he is also a pragmatist. If you're into San Francisco politics and are sick of 1) the rich socialites who seem to dominate the Democratic party here and 2) the impractical, ideologically rigid leftists who oppose them, Shaw's blog is a must-read).
He explains the significance of the Webb-Allen race thus:
"While Democrats have a solid chance of defeating conservative Republican Senators in Pennsylvania and Montana, the incumbents in those states (Santorum and Burns) have scandal-related problems that could prove key to their defeat. But the race in Virginia between Democrat James Webb and Republican Senator George Allen will be primarily decided on ideological grounds, and will tell us whether red-state voters in 2004 are truly dissatisfied with the Republican national agenda."
The rest of the article is here: http://www.beyondchron.org/...