Posted at 12:01 AM ET, 01/22/2007

Expanded Politics Coverage at The Post and post.com

With the Democrats grabbing the gavel on Capitol Hill and presidential hopefuls already dominating the headlines, washingtonpost.com begins today an ambitious expansion of its online political coverage.

Probably no news brand is more associated with American politics than The Washington Post, and no Web site will cover this subject more thoroughly than ours. We've ramped up a political team that already included some of the best in the country, from Dan Balz to Dana Milbank to Peter Baker.

John Solomon and Anne Kornblut are the newest members of the team. Their fresh scoops and quick, trenchant analysis of the latest news will be combined with a growing trove of Web-exclusive content. Chris Cillizza, who writes his highly popular blog The Fix, is turning his attentions to the 2008 presidential campaign.

Last week we added a new blog, Capitol Briefing by Paul Kane, that will bring up-to-the-minute reporting and insight to the deal-making and doings of politicians on the Hill. Later this week, Mary Ann Akers will start a dishy blog that will chronicle the off-stage lives of Washington's most powerful as they party in the after hours.

Our site will be the place to find the most talked about political video of the moment. (Today, we give you video from three presidential campaign announcements and analysis from Cillizza.) And we're building the most complete warehouse of political data in the country, starting with the rollout of a new database that gives biographical information and the latest news on the 2008 presidential hopefuls. That's being added to what is already a wealth of data on congressional votes.

Our morning politics e-mail newsletter, in partnership with RealClearPolitics.com, will include a new feature to help orient the politically minded at the start of their day to the best on the Web, whether it's a good scoop or a smart take on the day's news.

Our reporters will take you out on the trail as they travel with candidates this year and next, delivering color and comedy from the back of the plane. And our popular online discussions with our writers, columnists and political newsmakers will give you a chance to ask questions yourselves or raise objections if you don't like what you see.

For both the hard-core junkies and general interest consumers of politics, we want to be your first stop, and your last.

-- Liz Spayd, Editor, washingtonpost.com

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