Virginia is a battleground state for the 2012 election campaign, and the media spotlight will shine even brighter than usual next year as former Govs. George Allen and Tim Kaine duke it out for the U.S. Senate seat of retiring freshman Sen. Jim Webb. Both presumptive nominees have a lot of baggage. But while Allen is dragging his behind him, Kaine’s baggage is out front — waiting for him to trip over it.
Virginia voters are familiar with Allen’s widely publicized use of the term “macaca” (“monkey”) to describe an Indian-American Webb volunteer caught videotaping one of Allen’s 2006 campaign appearances.
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