Then you ought to enjoy this one. In an election that is being “closely watched nationally as an off-year referendum on the embattled Bush presidency,” the Republican candidate has a 16-point lead over the Democrat.

And as if that wasn’t enough…

Iraq was cited most often as the race’s top issue. … Webb, 60, a decorated Marine veteran of the Vietnam War and a best-selling author of war novels, has been a persistent critic of the war in Iraq. He left the Republican Party after the war began and campaigns extensively on the issue.

…and he’s losing by 16 points.