I hate to inject Potts' name into the debate again, but Will Vehrs and Virginia Centrist have both posted about Potts' recent support for gay adoption. Frankly, I'm not sure this issue matters all that much to most people. The people on the far right will hate Potts for it, but they already hate him anyway. Potts may get a small pickup from gay and lesbian Virginians who can't stomach Kaine's fence-sitting on the issue. In the end, I don't think this will give Potts a boost one way or the other. The pool of interested people is just too small.
UPDATE: Apparently this issue is getting under the skin of some Democrats. Bob Griendling, a card-carrying member of the "Mother Earth" wing of the Democratic party, is none too happy with Kaine's fence-sitting on gay adoption. Frankly, even I'm mystified by Kaine's stance. Get on one side or the other. At this point, he's making no one happy. He's not going to peel off any of Kilgore's anti-gay-adoption votes by saying he likes the status quo, and Potts has got him fully encircled on the left. This is one issue where middle-of-the-road doesn't win.
If there is any truth to John Behan's reporting of Kaine's minor meltdown over the 4th of July, Kaine needs to go off on his policy staff too. Kilgore and Potts are both running circles around him on the policy front.
