DAY TRIP: We took a day trip through Virginia’s northern neck between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers from Fredericksburg to the Chesapeake Bay. The area is rural; small towns, farming, and fishing. Along the way we saw these signs: “Remember the Tea Party” along the highway. “Please watch Glenn Beck” in someone’s front yard. And in the small town of Lively, “Tea Party meets second and fourth Sundays every month” were posted around the community center in the center of town. Returning home, a "November is coming" sign appeared on the Prince William Parkway near our home.

Virginia, particularly rural Virginia, is unhappy. I suspect that many voters are beginning to realize that the “stimulus” was directed to urban America – “inside the Beltway” as it were.

USED CAR PRICES skyrocket a year after Cash for Clunkers. “[T]he White House spent $3 billion to make used cars more expensive for working-class families. Nice work.”

I knew I was right not to turn in my truck.