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    For a party that thinks it’s going to win the White House next year, Republicans are off to a slow start with a weak potential field of candidates.

    Those who would walk to the strains of “Hail to the Chief” are certainly taking their time announcing their campaigns. In fact, not a single candidate has made an announcement, not even the imagined front-runner, Mitt Romney.

Former Virginia Governor and now Democratic National Chairman Tim Kaine is being touted as a possible candidate in 2012 to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jim Webb. Here’s hoping Kaine throws his hat in the ring.

    We have some questions we can’t wait to ask (and we've guessed at his projected answers). Such as:
    Bedford Bulletin - “Mr. Kaine, do you feel you have a good record of supporting law enforcement?”

Just days ago we marked what would have been the 100th birthday of our nation’s 40th President, Ronald Wilson Reagan.  It was a time to honor a man who led such an extraordinary life which had a profound impact on the span of human history.

President Reagan was born in a small town in Illinois.  At his birth his father remarked, “…who knows, he might grow up to be president some day.”  He couldn’t have known just how true these simple words would be one day.

    The temperatures outside have begun to rise, and this week in Richmond the General Assembly passed the legislative halfway point of session: Crossover.  In addition, the House and Senate released their plans to amend Virginia’s two-year budget.  It was an event-filled week, one including sad news that led to a rare occurrence in the Capitol.