Talk about momentum. Saw this reported earlier tonight on CNN and it sure tells the story:
You know, George Allen is very much on the defensive, particularly over Iraq. He had a rally a short time ago here in Richmond, only 250 people.
Meanwhile, his Democratic opponent, James Webb, had a rally with former President Bill Clinton on the other end of the state. Police officials say there were five to six thousand people at that rally. The enthusiasm for Webb, in part on the issue of Iraq. He's a Vietnam veteran. He wears combat boots on the campaign trail, combat boots of his son, who's currently serving in Iraq. He's been calling for a new course in Iraq, and now George Allen in recent weeks has started doing that as well, no longer saying stay the course, saying mistakes have been made, saying, as well, that not enough progress has been made in Iraq.
In fact, George Allen tonight, taking the extraordinary step of buying two minutes of TV time all across this commonwealth to talk to the voters directly on the ever of this election, saying look, mistakes were made in Iraq, but give me another six years to try to help fix this.
