Jason Kenney has a great post on the impact of endorsements for Webb and Miller. Great quote embedded from Margaret Edds of the Virginia Pilot:
In a low-turnout primary, which most are, Miller enjoys one other advantage. As noted by Wise County Circuit Court Clerk Jack Kennedy, a stalwart of Democratic politics in the southwest: “Most of the people who’ve endorsed him can vote in that primary.”
Most of the legislators are from Northern Virginia as well, and unfortunately for Webb, Harry Reid doesn’t exactly have a voting machine in Virginia.
No matter who wins, if those supporting Webb are true to their word, it looks as if a divided Democratic Party will be approaching Senator Allen in November 2006. If Webb wins, he runs knowing a number of influential Democratic state office holders are lukewarm at best about having a former Republican at the helm.
Still, the tea leaves are reading Miller. We’ll see.