By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
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A majority of Virginians say the names of concealed weapons holders should not be made public, according to the results of a poll released Thursday.

Gov. Bob McDonnell has been vilified by fiscal conservatives objecting to tax increases contained in his $880 million transportation plan. But Virginia voters — including Republicans — still think he's doing a good job.
Gov. Bob McDonnell has been vilified by fiscal conservatives objecting to tax increases contained in his $880 million transportation plan.

More Virginia voters think the political philosophy of Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II is “about right” than say the same about his opponent in the governor’s race, Democrat Terry McAuliffe, according to a new poll that challenges criticism among Democrats — and some Republicans — that the attorney general’s conservative views are too extreme for him to lead Virginia.

New Hampshire's Republican presidential primary didn't winnow down the field of candidates, in spite of disappointing finishes for four of the six hopefuls.
A long-lost Victorian painting that hung in a family's unlocked New England beach house for half a century could fetch 500,000 pounds ($800,000) when it is sold next month, Christie's auction house said Tuesday.
A long-lost Victorian painting that hung in a family's unlocked New England beach house for half a century could fetch 500,000 pounds ($800,000) when it is sold next month, Christie's auction house said Tuesday.
An Anglo-American expert on the evolution of the universe and an Irish-born historian of the rise of Christianity and the cult of the saints are two of the four winners of this year's Balzan Prizes.

President Obama's campaign team announced Wednesday that he had raised $86 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee in the second quarter, blowing past the stated goal of $60 million Democrats had set.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has a 2-to-1 approval rating, according to a new statewide poll, which also found that respondents are ready to end Virginia's ban on adoptions by same-sex couples.

The summer of the discontented voter steams onward and, unfortunately for President Obama, polls show voters are no longer blaming the bad times on the George W. Bush administration.
Islamic extremists embedded in the United States — posing as Hispanic nationals — are partnering with violent Mexican drug gangs to finance terror networks in the Middle East, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration report.
“On the question of keeping secret the names of those with concealed weapons permits, almost everyone has an opinion, and it strongly supports keeping those names out of public view,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
Poll: Majority in Virginia supports sealing names of concealed carry permit holders →
"There are a lot of people in the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in Virginia who think he’s too conservative," Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said of Mr. Cuccinelli. "Virginia voters don’t see him that way."