Brian’s tour of the state, working with Democratic candidates to clear the Republican Roadblocks and Fix What’s Wrong in Richmond garnered some coverage from WTOP Radio:

In just 34 days, Virginia voters will be making a choice that could shift the balance of power in the state and possibly even the country. Voters will be choosing the entire General Assembly, which has been in control of the Republicans for a decade.

That could change on Nov. 6 says Delegate Brian Moran (D-Alexandria) who has spent the last week traveling the state with other Democratic candidates. He says he’s “very confident the Senate will turn” and there will be “substantial” progress in the House.

The GOP has a four seat majority in the State Senate and an 11 seat majority in the House.

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The party which ends up in control of the General Assembly will have momentum going into the presidential and U.S. Senate campaigns in 2008 and that party will still be in control when Virginia must redistrict congressional seats in 2010.

Two issues have dominated the campaign so far. Moran says the Democrats have been talking about the “abuser fees,” the part of the massive transportation package that was approved last spring, which has sparked protest and lawsuits throughout the state.

“It was only when the Republican leadership insisted that it was embedded in the overall transportation bill that {Governor} Tim Kaine embraced it and ultimately we passed it,” says Moran.

Moran points out that the Democrats blocked Republican sponsored “abuser fees” that were proposed for the last three years. Both parties are promising to fix the “abuser fees” when the General Assembly returns in January.

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Virginia has been dominated by Republican politics for decades, but after two successive Democratic governors and Jim Webb’s election to the U.S. Senate last November, the Democrats think they can turn the Commonwealth into a blue state.

The Dems believe a victory this November in the General Assembly elections will help them in 2008 when Virginia voters will chose a successor to Republican Senator John Warner who has chosen not to run for re-election.