I have been told that Mark Warner will not be on the campaign trail for the entire weekend because he has the flu. His communications director, Kevin Hall, told me that Warner visited the Capitol Hill physician and was diagnosed most likely with seasonal flu. He was given antibiotics. Hall said Warner had not previously received either the seasonal or swine flu vaccine.

All it takes is a football game get the candidates to break out of their traditional blue and red ties.

Enthusiasm is always a great predictor of elections. Today, Republicans showed just how excited they are for their statewide ticket.

In Virginia, campaigns matter. They matter quite a bit. And, that isn’t always the case in other states or races. Think back to 2008’s Democratic presidential primary. In that contest, most observers would say then Sen. Barack Obama ran a far superior campaign to then Sen. Hillary Clinton, yet Clinton almost prevailed.

So, you’ll have to forgive me a little purple pride this week. My TCU Horned Frogs beat #16 BYU on Saturday. Let me be more accurate: TCU trashed BYU… at BYU’s homecoming… no less.