The latest Washington Post poll has Mark Warner up 30 points over Jim Gilmore. That is what is known as a thumping. The question has never been will Mark win but rather how large a win he will have. Can he get to 70% of the vote, which would be about the same as his approval rating was when he left office?
I think it’s possible but not likely. If it were just Warner and Gilmore on the ballot, it would be a different ballgame. But with two others in the race, Warner probably can’t get there. But I can see him getting to 65% or even 68%.
Poor Gilmore. He’ll probably be happy to get 30%.
UPDATE: In case you haven’t seen it, here’s Warner’s latest ad
VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local 
this is a easy seate race gilmore failed for president, now tring for senate know one likes gilmore, this goes to the now new broken VA. GOP party to try to rehash wash ups to run for office, large lessons hopfully learned here hopfully?
Actually, Mark Warner also ran for President as well. He was no more successful then Jim Gilmore. Both of these guys failed to gain any traction.
Personally, I like Jim. My vote (already in the mail) went for Mark, but it was not because I disliked Jim.
Well, they always have the “Macacca Man” to fall back if,oops! make that when Gilmore loses. I even saw our own “Macacca Man” being interviewed on one of the political TV shows the other day. He was fielding questions about the possibility of VA going Democratic this coming election. He was introduced as a former Governor and VA Senator AND expert in Virginia politics. It’s a toss-up as to which one of these two is more of an expert – Gilmore or George Allen. Guess both are, at least, in their own minds…
BS