DBWI: Allen defeated in 2006?

Gorrister

Gorrister

Now, with the recent World Cup being a snorefest (Where the fuck is Suarez? And WTF are you doing USA?) I decided to look up some Senate Races, back to the Democratic Landslide of '06. Specifically, the Old Dominion, where something really surprising happened.

George Allen was a popular incumbent, he was Governor and then defeated Robb narrowly in 2000, but he seemed to be guaranteed a double digit re election, but the Democrats were able to pick up a very good Candidate in former Navy Secretary Jim Webb, who closed the gap a tiny bit, though the best he was getting was down 5. A wrench was thrown into the system when a tape of Allen chastising an Indian Webb cameraman in an extremely racist manner, Allen was knocked back by it quite a bit, and his flip flopping on exactly what happened wasn't helping him. It was Webb who seemed to be the next Senator.

But, somehow, you tell me how it happened, Allen won re election to his Senate seat by just .1%, putting the Senate at 50-50.

So, my ponder is, what would happen if he had went down in flames? What would the Dems do with 51 Seats? How would Allen go if he lost re election? Would he still announce a run in 2008?

Your turn, AH.com.
:)p)
 

Tayya

While the polls did start to show Webb in the lead in late October, there was probably some sort of Bradley effect that helped Allen in the end.

A loss would at least have killed his presidential ambitions. Which, with hindsight, would have been more merciful. Christ, that campaign was a trainweck.
 

bguy

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Tayya said:
A loss would at least have killed his presidential ambitions. Which, with hindsight, would have been more merciful. Christ, that campaign was a trainweck.
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Without Allen in the race, cutting into Huckabee's vote total, Romney almost certainly loses the Iowa caucus. Would that be enough to keep him from the nomination? If so who gets it? McCain or Thompson? And do they still go with Pawlenty for their veep?

The other big change is that without Allen in the Senate to help sustain the Republican fillibusters, President Obama's health care legislation probably ends up doing a lot more than just expanding Medicaid and setting up high risk pools for people with pre-existing conditions. (It probably includes the employer and individual mandates the Democrats wanted and might even extend Medicare to people 55 and older.)
 
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