Ken Plum: Within constitutional limits

Ken Plum

Our newly minted senator from Virginia Tim Kaine made the best response I have heard to those who argue that the Second Amendment is an absolute right to own guns. As Senator Kaine wrote in an opinion column in the Virginian Pilot last week, “A Virginian, James Madison, drafted the Bill of Rights, and we in the Commonwealth believe strongly in the Second Amendment.

‘The Chris Graham Show’ dives into politics, sports

Chris Graham

For the past several weeks, Chris Graham was telling listeners on WREL-1450AM in Lexington, Va., that Democrats were going to do well in the 2012 elections. In today’s installment of “The Chris Graham Show,” he breaks down how the pre-election polls that had been suggesting that Barack Obama, Tim Kaine and others on the Democratic side were able to pull off their Election Day wins.

Chris Graham: Strangely quiet Virginia Senate race

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Other than the occasional report on polls that of late have put Tim Kaine in the lead over George Allen, it’s been strangely quiet on the campaign trail in the Virginia Senate race. Think about it. Battleground state, two former governors, both of whom have been talked about at one time or another as possible future players on the national stage, locked in what has been a neck-and-neck race for 18 months, and … nothing.