As inane as calls to break up the union might sound, the White House plans to issue a response to the hundreds of thousands of citizens who have affixed their names to petitions calling for the secession of their states.

The owners, er, campaign managers, of a Maine coon in Northern Virginia who waged a write-in campaign for U.S. Senate this year, are claiming a third-place finish of nearly 7,000 votes.

Hank the Cat is still running for Senate in Virginia, and he’s got a new campaign ad up in which he advocates the expulsion of the human species from Congress.

Hank the Cat, a candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat in Virginia, released his income tax filing yesterday. He paid $0 in federal taxes on an income of $5,000 after taking some sweet deductions.

Hank the Cat, the furry, housebound third-party candidate running to be the next U.S. senator from Virginia is under attack again for his lack of opposable digits.

Just days after he tossed his collar in the chase for a U.S. Senate seat, Hank the Cat became the target of a nasty smear advertisement authored by a mysterious political-action committee.

Yesterday the world met Hank the Cat a feline prospect for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Virginia Democrat Jim Webb, who is retiring after one term. Fox 5 landed the in-person interview with the cat and his owner, er, campaign manager.

Tim Kaine and George Allen take warning: There’s a new candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Virginia Democrat Jim Webb, and if our experience with Internet trends is any guidance, this new arrival on the political scene could be a real scene-stealer. A cat.