Republicans from around the state are invading Richmond this weekend to decide whether Jim Gilmore or Bob Marshall will run against Mark Warner this fall.  I will boldy state my preference and say I'm hoping Jim Gilmore wins, because I despise everything Bob Marshall stands for (well, maybe not everything -- but that whole thing where he tries to shove his personal belief system into everyone's lives is rather annoying).  The outcome of the convention will also affect which "Bloggers 4" group (Bloggers 4 Jim Gilmore or Bloggers 4 Bob Marshall) gets to gloat about winning the nomination for their guy.  It may also in some way help decide once and for all which blogging platform is better:  Blogspot or Wordpress.

At the convention, Republicans will also be making a choice between John Hager (yes, that, John Hager) and Jeff Frederick (who is such an unknown that even Wikipedia doesn't know who he is) for Republican Party Boss.  I don't really know how they decide that sort of thing, but I assume it will be a vote and not a steel cage deathmatch.  It would be interesting to watch, but I imagine they would require a blood sacrifice to get into the convention.  Also, being that close to so many politicians and political junkies might cause cancer of the soul.

By the way, if you are interested in watching how they decide these things and don't want to sacrifice your blood or soul, there are approximately 12,427 Virginia Republican bloggers (and even some Democratic ones) liveblogging the convention.  Take a look at Jeffersoniad and scan through the posts.

(Is there going to be a Democratic convention?  I feel I should have an opportunity to make fun of blindly partisan Democrats, too.)

UPDATE: Jim Gilmore and Jeff Frederick won.