The Funny Thing About George Allen

Just a few short months ago, Sen. George F. Allen (R-VA) was sitting comfortably as an incumbent with a lot of money in his war chest and was facing a relatively unknown as his opponent. Pollsters indicated Allen had a wide lead over challenger Jim Webb and it looked like Allen would have a cakewalk to re-election and then would seriously ponder a presidential run in 2008. The thing is, Allen couldn't get out of his own way.

All Allen had to do was sit back and do nothing. The only way this wealthy incumbent could lose would be to shoot himself in the foot. And the shots started ringing out, as documented in this blog and in many other places. The most recent incident occurred recently when Allen staffers put a constituent in a headlock and wrestled him to the ground. Why? For asking questions to his senator--his representative in a representative democracy.

You can read a letter from the guy who was roughed up by the Allen campaign here. And you can see video and read the general story here.

Way to go, George. Nice to see your entire campaign implode!