Below The Beltway

The Politico reports that Republicans inside and outside Virginia are less than enthusiastic about Jim Gilmore’s campaign for Virginia Senate:
Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore has barely begun his campaign for the Senate, but it’s almost impossible to find anyone in statewide Republican circles — outside of his closest allies — who thinks he can actually […]

Based on the latest poll results, which are pretty similar to the last poll results, the answer would seem to be no:
Democrat Mark Warner continues to hold a solid lead over Republican Jim Gilmore in Virginia’s race for the United States Senate. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds Warner ahead 57% […]

As it has been for the past several months, the contest between John McCain and Barack Obama for the Old Dominion’s 13 Electoral Votes remains all tied up:
The presidential race in Virginia is now dead even, with Barack Obama and John McCain each drawing 44% of the vote, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone […]

The WaPo’s Chris Cillizza ranks Virginia’s 11th District as one of the Congressional seats most likely to change parties this year:
2. Virginia’s 11th (Open seat, R): In the days leading up to the June 10 Democratic primary between Fairfax Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerry Connolly and former Rep. Leslie Byrne, there was a real sense […]

There may be 138 days left until Election Day, but the University of Virginia’s Larry Sabato has already called the race:
Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia professor known for his Election Day observations, today released his most recent take on the U.S. Senate races this November which includes the popular prediction that Virginia’s open seat […]

Recent comments from John Ensign, head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, seem to indicate that holding on to Virginia’s Senate seat isn’t a priority for the GOP:
Ensign identified the 10 most competitive races in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Alaska, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Virginia. Two — Virginia […]

The latest Rasmussen poll shows that Barack Obama is making Virginia more competitive for Democrats in a Presidential Election than it has been in quite some time:
Barack Obama continues to gain ground on John McCain in Virginia, for the first time edging ahead of his Republican opponent for the presidency in a state Democrats are […]

The latest Rasmussen poll continues to suggest that, when 2009 rolls around, Virgina will continue to be represented by a Senator named Warner:
Democrat Mark Warner has widened his lead against Republican Jim Gilmore in the race for Virginia’s senate seat. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows Warner earning 60% of the vote while Gilmore […]

Considering that he most likely lost his bid for the Republican nomination in the 8th District because of Mark Ellmore’s fabrications about his associations with Ron Paul, Amit Singh isn’t getting any love from Lew Rockwell, the High Priest of the Church Of Paul:
I do not join those mourning the loss of Amit Singh in […]

Reason’s David Weigel writes about the aftermath of the race between Mark Ellmore and Amit Singh:
We knew pretty early in the night at Amit Singh’s victory party that the candidate would lose. The first hint was nebulous: It was that Singh’s opponent Mark Ellmore, a social conservative who’d been running for two years, had blanketed […]