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I think the group of Democrats who now hold power in Virginia look far more like national Democrats than at any time in Virginia history. Right now, when you talk about the Northern Virginia delegation, it wouldn’t look very different than the Democratic delegation in Pennsylvania or Maryland.
— Robert D. Holsworth, a political science professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, to the Washington Post (“Democrats Savor New Majority Status” - Jan. 23, 2008: B1).