
A new poll shows Tim Kaine and George Allen in a dead heat for Sen. Jim Webb's U.S. Senate seat in Virginia — but both are viewed less favorably than they were three months ago.
In response to the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance last week announcing an investigation prompted by reports in The Washington Times about spending from the constituent service fund of council member Yvette M. Alexander, the Ward 7 Democrat issued a letter to her constituents that — wait for it — criticizes The Washington Times.
I applaud the Virginia Senate and Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II. They have started the process of adding private-property protections to the Virginia Constitution ("Stopping the government land grab," Comment & Analysis, March 1).

The campaign signs plastered across Virginia's 5th Congressional District have become a minor cult phenomenon: "Hurt U.S. Congress," they say.
RICHMOND (AP) — Smoke 'em if you've got 'em. Just don't do it inside a public building in Virginia.
RICHMOND (AP) — Legislation to allow police to stop and ticket drivers for not wearing a seat belt passed the Virginia Senate yesterday.
New forms of the Internet are playing a larger role in politics, and Democrats see both the medium and the culture associated with it as giving them a leg up in the perpetual fights of two-party politics.