It's a tight race, but if Tim Kaine becomes the next governor of
Virginia, Democrats gain what they desperately need to win back
Congress: a big win in a Southern state.

The people of California have spoken.

"Change is the order of the day," Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown declared
after California voters recalled Governor Gray Davis and replaced him
with film star Arnold Schwarzenegger. Brown is right.

We're all familiar with Arnold the actor, but who writes the script if he wins?

"We don't have a Bush v.

How can the GOP women endorse misogynist Schwarzenegger?

The giggle factor might propel a Jesse Ventura wannabe into management of the world's sixth-largest economy.

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