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Unlikely Virginia Pol Could Win Dems the Senate

By Bob Moser, The Nation. Posted October 21, 2006.


Thanks to the spiral of controversy set off by GOP Va. Senator George Allen's now-legendary "macaca moment," Democrat James Webb has a genuine shot at toppling a Republican incumbent, even as he resists playing the game of politics.

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Bob Moser is a contributing writer at The Nation, and is the editorial director of The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund.

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