Townhall.com Interviews George Allen

This past Friday Senator Allen met with Townhall.com columnist Eliot Peace after speaking at a fundraiser for a Congressional candidate in South Carolina. The full story can be found here, it is worth a read.

Although the premise of the article is that Allen is extremely similar to George Bush, it is refreshing to see he doesn’t share the President’s wishy-washy stance on illegal immigration:

Allen also touched on immigration. He replied, "First and foremost, we need to secure our borders. They have been neglected." He highlighted the need for more personnel, more fences (both real and virtual), and more detention centers. "I don’t think we should reward illegal behavior […] you must punish illegal behavior, or you’ll get more illegal behavior." He also replied, "I’m not for amnesty […] I’m for immigration, but it must be legal immigration."

Also noteworthy is the fact that Peace treated James Webb as the only challenger to Allen… completely ignoring Harris Miller:

Unfortunate for Allen’s presidential prospect tour, the senator has an opponent for re-election. James Webb, former Secretary of the Navy running as the opposing Democrat. However, with the right effort and the same message on which Allen has delivered for Virginia since being in Congress, he should emerge victorious. "We’ll keep doing what we’re doing. He [Webb] is very formidable, but if we work hard and keep doing what we’re doing, we should be fine."

I am looking forward to the race picking up- with Dick Wadhams as Allen’s campaign manager and strategist Chris LaCivita and former Bolling Political Director Matt Wells on board… it’s going to be a good fight and the conservative Senator will prove to be a healthy rallying point for a fractured Virginia GOP.