Is Black Back?

Leesburg Today is reporting Dick Black is contemplating a comeback, having collected about $15,000 in contributions in the first six months of this year, much of it from developers. That’s not exactly a flood of money, but you don’t collect money for nothing. And of course, he had a closing balance of $85,000.

During the campaign, he made the point that he was 100% behind his gubernatorial candidate. But now,

Black said he ran nine contested elections and the one he lost just happened to be during the “absolute worst” presidential approval rating and a weak gubernatorial candidate in former Attorney General Jerry Kilgore. He credited Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) with his “keen awareness” that Loudoun was an important county in which to make a presence to get elected.

“The party had reached an ebb,” Black said of the GOP.

Well said. Neither Sen. Mark Herring or Del. David Poisson seemed concerned. Personally, I think a Black would make a tough opponent.

(Please, please, let Black run again.)