Good morning, Washington. Make it to the polls yesterday? If so, we hope you did so before the sun went down — it got cold in a hurry last night, as the area rapidly moved from warmer-than-usual temps to colder-than-usual ones. CapitalWeather is saying that the weekend should be warmer, at least. Election 2007: The results are in, and it looks like it was a good night for Virginia’s Democrats. The Dems picked up…

Good morning, Washington. Have a good Halloween? We have to admit, this year’s midweek scheduling kind of put a damper on the holiday’s opportunities for costumed revelry. It didn’t stop us from eating a ridiculous amount of candy, though. Naturally, we feel that the children are to blame: if more kids had stopped by we wouldn’t be stuck with this glut of chocolate and dearth of willpower. Perhaps this is why our childhood neighbors…

Via WTOP’s Adam Tuss, looks like Metro General Manager John Catoe is worrying about more than just budget shortfalls. Catoe says he’s about to launch a new initiative to crack down on eating, drinking and chewing gum on Metro trains. “I have noticed (myself) and have received calls and letters that there has been an increase,” says Metro General Manager John Catoe. “We are going to have a focused campaign from the standpoint of…

If you approach the District every morning via the I-270 Interchange at the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County, you probably let an impressive barrage of expletives escape your lips on a daily basis about how bad a bottleneck the meeting of those two highways are. Luckily, Forbes magazine is here to tell you, you’re not alone. Via WTOP, we learn today that the interchange in question has once again been named the 7th worst bottleneck…

Good morning, Washington. How about this weather, huh? We couldn’t believe our ears when we heard some friends complaining about the warmth yesterday. “Sure, it’s nice,” they said, “But isn’t it a little early to be this nice?” Bah! Well, take solace, warmthophobes: it’ll be cooling down to the more April-appropriate sixty degree range soon enough. Webb Denies Giving Gun To Aide: Details regarding Webb aide Phillip Thompson and the gun he brought to the…