According to Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball article for today, "What Were They Thinking: Dumb and Dumber in 2006," George Allen is "running two contradictory campaigns at once." According to Sabato, "Allen is asking Virginians for another six-year term in the Senate--except that he's really asking for a two-year term."Sabato continues:
As for 2006, the combination of a Democratic trend in Virginia, the potential for an energetic opponent (whether Harris Miller or Jim Webb is chosen in the June Democratic primary), and the inherent contradictions in Allen's quest for another Senate term nearly guarantee a basket of problems for the Republican.
According to Sabato, all this leads to "the real question," namely "What was Allen thinking when he decided to run for the Senate back in 2000, instead of waiting a year and running again for a job he enjoyed, the powerful Virginia Governorship?"
For the answers, see Larry Sabato's "Dumb and Dumber" article. By the way, I wonder what Sabato's blogger doppelganger, "Not Larry Sabato", thinks of it all. :)
P.S. By the way, as George Allen makes his way around Virginia on his reelection announcement tour, I wonder if he'll be able to find his way around. You know, he's probably more familiar with the backroads of Iowa and New Hampshire by now than he is with Virginia. My favorite line from the Washington Post story on Allen's announcement: "Immediately after the 20-minute speech, while speaking to reporters, the senator refused to promise that he would stay in office for a full term." You don't say...