John Whitbeck

It's just a blue wave, and I think that scared some people off, on paper, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine has an incredible amount of money. You've got to have a lot of courage to take Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine on.

I definitely think that we have to accept the fact that the state's changed dramatically demographically, the issues have to be right. We need to be focused on the fiscal issues that we've always been known for.

You no longer can run a statewide race -- you almost have to run five statewide campaigns, there are so many different regions and what works -- John Whitbeck've got to figure out the coalition.

I think actually if you can qualify for the Virginia ballot it means that you have a pretty solid operation to begin with, it's not the only thing you need to be able to do obviously to win, but I think it is a symbol of a really good ground game.