Thomas Schaller: Sen.-elect Jim Webb off to a solid start in D.C.

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Jim Webb isn’t even a U.S. senator yet, but boy, is it difficult not to like him already.

A Vietnam veteran and former Navy Secretary in the Reagan administration, last month Webb unseated Republican George Allen by a margin of fewer than 10,000 votes. This week, Webb made his first visit to the White House as senator-elect and gave President Bush a giant vote of no confidence.

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