Politics: As attention fixed on Massachusetts' election, the counterrevolution against Obama's Washington had already begun in Virginia, where Gov. Bob McDonnell pledged himself to pushing back federal power. Like this week's senatorial contest in the Commonwealth, last November's gubernatorial election in the Old Dominion was seen as a referendum on Obama's megalomania. A former state attorney general, McDonnell waged a flawlessly positive campaign against lackluster legislator Creigh Deeds. Democrats blamed McDonnell's win on Deeds' performance-challenged campaign — just as they pointed fingers in New Jersey at incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine for his loss to Chris Christie. But more astute observers...