Apparently every morning at 10 a.m., Washingtonpost.com answers questions about political coverage and issues. This morning's "Hour" brought up Warner and Gilmore, only as a brief mention, but enough for it to show up on my regular search of the website for "Warner" and "Gilmore."
In response to the question "What's your current thought on the top of the ticket impacting the tightest senate races?" from Chicago (!AWESOME!) Ben Pershing (washpost.com congressional blogger) answered- "A big Obama win definitely would help fellow Democrats down-ballot, though it's tough to tell yet which states....Democrats in some other swing states --...Warner in Virginia -- probably will win on their own momentum and don't need much help from Obama. Mark Warner actually may give Obama a ride on his coattails, rather than the other way around."
What an interesting idea. I've already come across mentions of voters who vote "McCain-Warner"- I wonder if any of those voters could be persuaded by Warner to vote for Obama? I mean, I think he's being careful to stay to the right of the left, if you know what I mean (like in the center? you know?) in an effort to reach out to independents and Republicans. So I really don't know how willing he'd be to speak out for Obama. But by merely being Democrat, it may help.
It's always fun to see how local elections (where your vote actually matters a lot!) affects national elections (where honestly, just face it, your vote means shit).
I -love!- these political discussions online with readers! They're getting people involved in the greatest way possible and getting their own experts out there commenting on issues at the same time! Brilliant!
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