edited by: Vivian Paige,
Virginia Editor
In a lean season for in-depth transportation debate, the Virginia gubernatorial contest -- won this week by Republican Bob McDonnell -- became a proving ground for nationally relevant questions about how to manage the infrastructure of congestion-plagued but still-growing metro areas.
... the health of the nation goes on life support.The internet seems filled with stories about Virginia Congressman Gerald Connolly and his staff bullying some tea party woman. Much is being made of the woman being small and not likely to inflict harm.
A little background from the Washington Post:
Protesters targeted Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.), a first-term [...]
Rather than simply congratulating Bob McDonnell on his overwhelming victory, I'd like to suggest that, starting now and for the next four years, we accord the man presidential treatment. Specifically, I'm talking about the kind of treatment that Republicans have been giving our president over the past year. [...] 
Transurban Group (TCL.AU) said Thursday it rejected an unsolicited, incomplete and highly conditional takeover offer from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
Chaz Haywood-Evans, George Allen, Suzanne Obenshain
