Webb Wins

The road to the White House for Sen. George Allen (R-VA) just got a little bumpier. From the Washington Post.

Virginia Democrats yesterday chose Vietnam War hero James Webb to challenge Sen. George Allen (R), siding with their party's national leadership, which had declared the former Republican to be the only candidate with a chance to beat Allen in November.

Webb's support from Democratic senators such as 2004 presidential nominee John F. Kerry (Mass.) swamped the textbook campaign of his opponent, former lobbyist Harris Miller, who used $1 million of his own money to question Webb's commitment to the Democratic Party's core principles.

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Webb now faces the challenge of raising millions of dollars in an attempt to oust Allen, a popular ex-governor who is considering a bid for the presidency in 2008. Allen has more than $7.5 million in the bank and a long history of winning in a state that usually votes for Republicans in federal contests.

Mr. Webb, a recovering Republican, was the Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration and earned several medals for valor as a Marine in Vietnam. Let's hope he remembers what the chickenhawks of the RNC did to genuine war heroes like John McCain and John Kerry when they had the nerve to run against a Republican right-wing darling. It could get bloody.