I'm calling Virginia

With around 90% of the vote in Allen is ahead by around 30,000 votes. The networks and cable news aren't calling it for the GOP because the fraked up exit polls showed Webb winning by a large margin and the media is clinging to that straw like Ted Kennedy with a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue.

So based on the actual votes I'm calling Virginia for Allen. This makes it very unlikely that the Democrats will wind up controlling the Senate.

Before all of this Allen was a serious contender for President in 2008. This is no longer true. He ran a poor campaign and only won because the voters in every part of Virginia except the northern part, which is nothing more than a suburb of DC, just aren't stupid enough to elect a Democrat.

The bottom line is that Allen has proven himself not ready for primetime when "primetime" is defined as a national level election. He can rehabilitate himself, but it is going to take longer than two years.