CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- A protester who shouted questions at Virginia Sen. George Allen was pushed to the floor during Allen's campaign appearance Tuesday at a Charlottesville hotel.

Video: Protester Tackled

Allen held a campaign event there Tuesday morning with North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole.

CNN showed video of the confrontation. The video showed the protester trying to get Allen's attention and asking the Republican incumbent about his first wife.

"Why did you spit at your first wife, George?" the man asked.

Allen declined to answer the question.

On the video, three men, all wearing blue Allen lapel stickers, immediately grabbed the man, dragged him backward and slung him to the carpet outside a hotel meeting room. The video showed one man tackle him. The men are presumed to be staffers, according to Charlottesville TV station WVIR.

The man who tackled the protester said, "Now you're getting personal."

The protester answered by saying he hadn't touched anybody.

WVIR reported that afterward, a reporter asked Allen what he thought of the incident and Allen said, "Stuff like that happens."

The Daily Progress identified the protester as Mike Stark, a first-year law student at the University of Virginia. The paper reported that Stark has his own blog and has confronted Allen at previous campaign events.

Stark reportedly described the behavior as "Roger and Me," after filmmaker Michael Moore's movie documenting his pursuit of GM CEO Roger Smith over downsizing in the auto industry.

Allen has already sparked controversy during this campaign when he used what many consider to be a racial slur against R. Sidarth, a 20-year-old volunteer of his opponent's campaign.

"This fellow here, over here with the yellow shirt, macaca, or whatever his name is. He's with my opponent. He's following us around everywhere. And it's just great," Allen said as he pointed at Sidarth, who is American of Indian descent. Allen's crowd laughed at the remark.

"Let's give a welcome to macaca, here. Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia," he said.

Later he said he just made the word up and didn't realize it was a racial slur.

Meanwhile, Republicans seeking to maintain control of the Senate are adjusting their spending in order to achieve that goal.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee said it will spend an extra $1 million in the final days of the campaign to help re-elect Allen. The race has become far tougher than originally expected.

And, Senate Republicans have decided to advertise on behalf of Sen. Conrad Burns in Montana for the first time since August.

The GOP will also start advertising in Michigan for the first time this year in hopes of keeping Democrat Debbie Stabenow from winning a new term.