And if he loses, he loses all chance of further political office.
says who? if the race is going to be as close as the poll above would lead us to think, and the election results bear it out, how would that somehow doom Mark Warner from running for
any political office? while i am sure that would doom his chances of winning the Democratic presidential nomination (which he is unlikely to win anyway, given his shortage of electoral experience, as i have already mentioned), how would that somehow crimp his chances of, say, running for John Warner's senate seat in 2008 if he retires, or a congressional district (presumably the 8th -if Jim Moran retires)? or maybe running a second time for Virginia governor in 2009?
keep in mind, he lost to John Warner in 1996, but scored close enough that he was able to win the governor's mansion in 2001. i see no reason why losing a race to George Allen -
which isn't a certainty- would be the be all and end all of his political career.