Devil in the Old Dominion

Everyone is looking to Virginia's off-year gubernatorial contest as a Middle American barometer for 2010.

October 21, 2009 | This article appeared in the November 9, 2009 edition of The Nation.

Everyone is looking to Virginia's off-year gubernatorial contest as a Middle American barometer for 2010.

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October 21, 2009 | This article appeared in the November 9, 2009 edition of The Nation.

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