National Democrats pledge funds to Webb (Momentum Shifting to Webb)

[RamboLiberal]

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With three polls showing the U.S. Senate race close after George Allen's alleged racial remark, national Democrats yesterday pledged dollars to Jim Webb.

The latest survey, by Zogby International, gives Webb, once a long shot, a statistically insignificant lead over the Republican incumbent, who has been sidetracked for two weeks for addressing a Webb volunteer staff member of Indian descent as "macaca."

Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York, head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said his group -- the political arm of the Senate Democratic Conference -- will donate an unspecified amount to Webb.

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In addition to Zogby International, two other polls -- by Survey USA and Rasmussen Reports -- suggest the Webb-Allen contest is competitive.

All three polls were conducted via the Internet, an increasingly common practice that nonetheless troubles some public-opinion experts and political operatives.

[Straight Shooter]

1. Virginia is for lovers ...

Lovers of true blue Democrats. ;)

[saltpoint]

2. I hope the Webb campaign winds up with more money than it can

possibly use. Whatever it takes to knock off Cement-Head Allen.

If Allen goes down in November, the likelihood of his presidential candidacy catching fire plummet to near zero.

Go, Jim.

[Demeter]

3. Why Weren't the "National Democrats" Suppporting Webb Already?

Schumer is a moron, and this just adds to the evidence. One would assume that a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee would, well, spend money on Democratic Senatorial Candidates!

[AX10]

4. K and R!