Warners on the Stump
2006-10-17
Source: Washington Post
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rss feedThe contest between Virginia Sen. George Allen (R) and Democratic challenger James Webb could be influenced by who's got the better Warner.
Webb campaigned yesterday with former governor Mark R. Warner (D), who remains immensely popular with Virginia voters despite his decision Thursday to back out of the 2008 presidential race. In a Washington Post poll taken last week, 73 percent of voters had a favorable impression of him.
Allen's once sizable lead has been whittled away as he and Webb have battled over Iraq, character and race, especially in the Washington suburbs.
Meanwhile, Allen stood side by side last night with Sen. John Warner (R) in a two-minute commercial broadcast on television stations statewide. Warner, the state's senior senator, is almost as popular as the former governor, according to the Post poll, which listed Warner's favorability at 66 percent.
The two Warners battled 10 years ago, when Mark Warner asked voters to elect "Mark, not John" as he unsuccessfully sought John Warner's Senate seat. They have since become friends, but now are competing again in a politically charged October, with only three weeks until the Nov. 7 election.
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