A recently released WaPo poll shows George Allen ahead of Jim Webb 49-47. The poll shows a very close race, but it may not be as close as it suggests. For starters, the poll slightly oversampled Democrats. If Allen holds a slight lead in a Democrat-leaning poll, especially in a state that Bush won by 8% in 2004, that's not too shabby. In the previous election in 2000, the same poll down showed Allen up by two, and he won by four.

It's also worth noting that this is the first time that a Republican candidate for Senator (or Governor for that matter) is winning with women. Allen is also winning in every region of the state except two.

So, things are really looking okay for George Allen.

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