Did Anti-Immigrant Ticket Hurt the Reps in Virginia?

Here’s the www.ilw.com take on the Virginia govenor’s race:

A recent Wall Street Journal op-ed pointed out the mistake that led to Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore’s defeat in Virginia at the election polls. Mr. Kilgore ran not on a traditional small government GOP platform, but on a platform emphasizing a tough stance on immigration enforcement in Virginia, a Red state, and lost. The outcome of this election should be a warning to the GOP that a “getting tough on immigrants” platform may not be the ticket to winning elections.

Any thoughts?  Does Tom Tancredo/Pat Buchanan or George Bush speak for the Republican voter on immigration issues?