Brian your analysis is pretty shallow and weak regarding bible thumping. If the majority of voters in VA pull the GOP lever, does that make them a bunch of Palin/Limbaugh groupies? Even if that were the case, why weren’t they last year at this time?
Are you denying the drastic dash to the center/right of Bill Clinton to save his presidency? Does Obama need to do the same?
What you might be failing to grasp is that 2008 might have simply been Bush fatigue, Bush protest etc. rather than a mandate to create an EU style socialist mecca.