is that "southern," as in "southern strategy"... ?

This ex-pat Arlingtonian takes offense at the implication:

There is no level of desperation to which the flailing McCain campaign will not stoop. It is now their official position that the suburbs of our nation's capitol, home to millions of Americans, are not "real" because they aren't "Southern in nature."

Real or not, southern or not, here's betting Virginia kicks ol' Flathead's ass!