virginia gop mafia at work

Several news organizations (including CNN and a local nbc affliate) reported that a protestor was tackled by staffers. In fact, he was not. This man was of the press, a blogger, but nonetheless of the press. The man in questioning was in the group of reporters who were each jockeying for position to ask the senator questions. He had questioned the senator in the past, and they knew that he asked difficult questions from time to time. Well, this adds to the controveries surrounding the senator who has presidential ambitions. Just look here (macaca incident, sister's memoir, love of confederate flag, ...). In GOP circles he is a serious contender for the GOP presidential nod for 2008. But first, he must try to hold his seat which he is in a race for dear life. George Allen (R-VA) is the incumbent in the senatorial race against James Webb (D). From the latest polls it is a statistical deadheat.