T. Davis: You couldn't elect a republican dogcatcher at the moment...

[Virginia Dare]

Tommy-boy will likely sit this one out and not challenge Mark Warner for John Warner's seat. He's looking to 2012 and a possible run at Jim Webb. I guess he's thinking the repubs might be a little more popular then...:7


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/22/AR2007102202514.html

Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) said last night that he will hold a news briefing Thursday to provide a more "definitive" picture of whether he will run for the U.S. Senate next year but that he still plans to wait until after the Nov. 6 election to make a final decision.

Late yesterday, several GOP officials said Davis would announce Thursday that he would not seek the Republican nomination. But the Fairfax County lawmaker said he's not ready to make such an announcement this week. He said he continues to "agonize" over the decision and will probably "agonize some more" Thursday

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"There are other races; this isn't the only shot," said Davis, according to the Hill newspaper.

Davis has been preparing for months and even years for a possible bid to replace U.S. Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.). But when Warner announced in late August that he plans to retire at the end of his term, the political terrain had shifted so much in Virginia that Davis immediately made clear that his candidacy was not at all certain.

Noting the unpopularity of President Bush, Davis has said several times that "you couldn't elect a Republican dogcatcher" at the moment. He had hoped that his moderate political views would make him competitive against Mark Warner.