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By Anne Keisman
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
When Virginians head to the polls June 13 to decide who will try to oust U.S. Sen. George Allen (R) in November, they will decide between two distinctly different versions of the Virginia Democrat.
Decorated Marine and Vietnam War veteran Jim Webb served as Navy secretary under Ronald Reagan and is a recent convert to the Democratic Party.
Former lobbyist and longtime Virginia Democrat Harris Miller spent the last 10 years promoting the Internet as head of the Information Technology Association of America
Both agree that Allen should be shown the door.
“I think one of the failures that George Allen has had ... is he is a Republican first, a Republican second and a Republican third,” said Miller. “That is not what people want in Virginia. They want someone who will get things done.”
Allen, elected to the Senate in 2000, has been steadily building support for his bid to be the Republican candidate for president in 2008. He has been a steadfast supporter of George Bush’s foreign and domestic policies.
Webb, who first turned to the Republican Party after returning from Vietnam, said Republicans have lost credibility in areas where they used to be strong: national security and fiscal prudence.
“I think there are a lot of reasons that the average person who wandered away from the Democratic Party would be thinking about coming back,” Webb said.
Miller promotes himself, in his characteristically self-deprecating
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