SurveyUSA subscriber Marcos Moulitsas has shared with us the latest SUSA general election poll testing the Big Three Democrats (Clinton, Obama and Edwards) against the Big Three Republicans (Giuliani, Thompson and Romney), this time for Virginia.

I've been anticipating this poll in part because I was curious about the depth of the pro-Democratic trend in Virginia, and in part because the numbers might test my theory that John Edwards' strong showing in national general election polls is not, contrary to the CW, due to any special appeal in the South.

The "purplish" color of Virginia--a state no Democratic presidential candidate has carried since Lyndon Johnson in 1964--was certainly reinforced by this poll. Of the nine matchups, only one (Obama versus Thompson) showed a Republican ahead (47-45).

As for Edwards, his numbers are difficult to distinguish from HRC's. In nearly every matchup, she gets a higher percentage of the vote, while his margins over the GOP are better. If Edwards is benefitting from any "southern comfort," or Clinton is suffering from a regional disability, it's hard to tell here.