This Week in Statehouse Action: Welcome to the Dollhouse edition

Confession time:

I was never much for dolls as a kid. Barbie, Cabbage Patch, Polly Pocket, Jem … okay I tolerated Rainbow Brite because I was addicted to the cartoons, but also I played way more with Starlite than I ever did with her (and I was into My Little Ponies, too… fake girls, boo, fake animals, yay? I’m not sure what this says about me but it’s probably something).

But, what with all the Barbie movie buzz (and the hilarious conservative backlash to the film), I’ve got America’s favorite doll on the brain. Apologies in advance.

Plastic Doll

Campaign contributions haven’t been about hard cash for a long time, and while actual paper checks to still change hands now and again, election dollars these days are usually fully plastic transactions.

And while elections aren’t all about money, they’re also not not about money.

In Virginia – home to the most interesting set of electio…