What's the matter with Virginia?

With last year’s gubernatorial race, no one — not even Republicans — thought Ken Cuccinelli stood a chance against Bill and Hillary Clinton’s “professional friend,” Democrat Terry McAuliffe. But the race ended so razor-thin that professional Republicans privately wished they had packed more money and bodies into the campaign.

This year was no different.

While no one was looking, Republican Ed Gillespie came so close in his race against incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat, that a recount was considered.