Proof That You Can Make a Difference

Tim Kaine, Democratic Candidate for Virginia Govenor is the projected winner in today's elections. (WP)

With 98% of the vote in, Bolling (r) looks like he may be the next Virginia Lt. Govenor and McDonnell (r) is currently leading for the Virginia Attorney General. I would say that those races are still a little too close to call because there is less than 1 percentage point difference between the Democrat and republican candidates, separated by only a few thousand votes. However, unless the outstanding precincts are areas where Democrats have a huge percentage fo the population with high voter turnout, I'd say that Bolling and McDonnel will regrettably most likely take those seats. I guess, by morning, we'll know for certain.

What I find encouraging is that a state where Bush won 54% of the vote just last year, Democrats picked up a few seats in the House of Delegates, retained the Govenorship and, in most cases, ran tight races against in republican strongholds with narrow losses.

Has the tide really turned? Do Democrats really have a shot to ride the rising tide back into power on a national scale? One can only hope.