In recent weeks, Virginia was rocked by a pair of unexpected events that had the potential to rain untold amounts of destruction and human misery upon the Commonwealth.

With the Supreme Court’s epic (and nearly unprecedented) six-hour, three-day marathon of Obamacare-related oral arguments finally behind us, it’s time to do the one thing we hate more than anything: wait.

 Here’s an interesting fact from last week’s Republican primary in Michigan: Although Rick Santorum recently led Mitt Romney by as much as 15 points in the polls, he ended up losing by a three-point margin. And a huge part of that 18-point swing came courtesy of women voters. In fact, if only men had voted […]

Happy crossover, everybody! What’s crossover, you ask?

A common refrain when an extremist legislature is elected is that the voters didn’t realize what they were voting for. Whenever a lawmaking body goes off the deep end and starts proposing all sorts of laws that were never mentioned during campaign season, charges of bait-and-switch are never far behind. Thus, as Virginia’s Republican-controlled General […]

Instead of providing a long, boring description of the myriad ways that a Marshall candidacy might affect the dynamics of the race, why don’t we just list some of Bob’s most impressive pearls of wisdom?

Sweet Jesus, is it presidential primary season again already? It seems like only yesterday that we were employing the phrase “aspiring president John Edwards” with a straight face

Yes, as shocking as it seems, Virginia has completed another circuit around the sun, and one more crazy political year has finally drawn to a close. And, as ever, we here at the Odd Dominion want to celebrate this historic moment by challenging you, dear readers, to a test of wits. (Or half-wits, as the […]

O.K., we’ll admit it: With the benefit of hindsight, Virginia’s 2009 gubernatorial race was a complete and total snooze, despite our best efforts to make it seem exciting.

Usually, the first few weeks after an election are a time of quiet contemplation. But occasionally, the grandstanding and partisan rancor continue unabated