Election Day

Virginia's gubernatorial race is the biggest thing going here - at risk is the last couple years' progress, which is jeopardized by the backwards Jerry Kilgore, the Republican candidate. I've heard his cronies described as troglodytes when it comes to their development politics; one of his ads basically promised to solve Northern Virginia's crushing traffic crisis with more, wider highways. Anyone who would attack Tim Kaine for supporting alternate modes of transportation in NoVa is just a moron - advocating for wider roads is a good way to pander to some irresponsible folks who insist that they have to be able to drive their hummers everywhere, but a very bad way to actually fix anything.

What's interesting about the race is that Kilgore's campaign distanced itself from President Bush until yesterday. In a big-budget, high stakes race, this strikes me as a sign that Bush is in serious trouble, if a Republican running in a reliably red state is worried about associating himself with the sitting, Republican president. But who knows.

This, from the Post, is funny:

The president "is very popular in Virginia. And he's coming off a successful South American trip," Kilgore said of Bush's overseas visit, which drew violent protests.