Democrats WILL pick up Senate seat in Virginia

Story from CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/13/warner.virginia/index.html

This story is from CNN.com and reports that Fmr. Virginia Gov. Mark Warner is entering the U.S. Senate race to replace current Sen. John Warner (no relation to Mark). Gov. Warner announced his candidacy through an email video to his supporters yesterday. Gov. Warner in early 2007 flirted with the idea of running for President, deciding not to run. Many considered his decision not to run, as a move to place him on the ballot as the Vice Presidential candidate, but now that he has announced for Senate, that has effectively removed him from the Vice Presidential race of probable nominees Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
Gov. Warner ran against Sen Warner several years ago and lost in a very close race, and after his election as Governor, Mark Warner decided to never run against John again. But last week Senator Warner announced his retirement from the Senate after three decades, and the speculation soon turned to Gov. Warner as a possible candidate to replace him; Mark Warner has since confirmed that speculation.
Warner left the Governor's mansion with one of the highest approval ratings of any Governor in America, in the high 70s and low 80s. Despite the Democrats holding a majority of the seats in the U.S. Senate, most of the seats up this year are held by Republicans, several are retiring, leaving competative races in Colorado, Nebraska and Virginia (all formerly solid red states). The only Democrat in trouble is Louisiana Senator Mary Landrou. With Warner in, it is looking even more probable that the Democrats will hold their majority in the U.S. Senate, and will likely add to it.