George Allen

Public Policy Polling releases a fascinating survey of the Virginia electorate, one that gives former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), defeated in a razor-thin 2006 re-election bid, a solid 50 percent approval rating, with 38 percent disapproving. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) is at 47-40.

He’s made the cover of National Review. Why worry about that? Well …

I don’t know what there is to this story apart from the obvious fact: Former Virginia Gov. George Allen must have a good literary agent. Not a fantastic agent, who could have gotten him a deal with Sentinel or Crown. But a good one. Regnery, after all, published Mitt Romney’s book.

The former Republican governor of and senator from Virginia is making the rounds among Washington conservative groups pushing his new organization, the American Energy Freedom Center — a flashy part of the movement to rebrand deregulation and increased oil exploration as a search for “American energy.”
Allen’s passing around a talking points two-pager that should bring [...]

Mike Allen has the scoop on ResurgentRepublic, a GOP rebranding project launched by Ed Gillespie and Whit Ayres that will conduct polls and hold forums on the future of America’s other, less election-winning party. This part jumps out at me:
ResurgentRepublic’s Advisory Board includes Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, George Allen, Bill Paxon, Vin Weber and Mary [...]