If the situation in Virginia is any sign, it is likely that GOP success will continue in many states -- and this might bode well for the party nationally as well.

Virginia residents' negative feelings toward the Bush administration and the national Republican Party have not tarnished state Republicans or broadly diminished their chances to keep control of the General Assembly after the Nov. 6 election.

Although Virginia residents say they strongly disapprove of the war in Iraq, more than half of the state's voters approve of the state Republican Party, and a sizable majority has confidence in the state government to make the right decisions for the future.

If such a trend does exist, we are likely to see a continued GOP domination in many states -- and the rise of a new generation of national GOP leaders whose success at the state level will cause the people of their states to send them to Washington. So rather than a party realignment, might we instead be seeing a changing of the guard?

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