1) Back in the USSR, indeed: Political Player of the Week award to Vlad "Pootie" Putin. Nothin' like a dose of realpolitik administered by a couple of tank divisions to put things in perspective. Hey Condi, play that piano all night long.
2) One still the loneliest number: U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken holds a roundtable on veterans issues and only one person shows up. The first rule of campaign advance work, people. Always make sure the venue is smaller than the anticipated crowd so you get an overflowing crowd. In this case, should have lined up a phone booth. (If they still exist.)
3) Don't you wish you lived there? Cindy Sheehan qualifies to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Note to local reporters, please, please ask Cindy the following questions: a) name the largest employer in the district, b) what's the district's median income?, c) how much do folks there pay for a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread? (soy and whole wheat, respectively, of course).
4) Why Hank Sheinkopf rules: Hank to the NYDN [8-9-08] on John Edwards: "He's so dead that they're going to be building statues of him for pigeons to crap on. He's out of business. He will forever be known as a cad and a liar. You cannot mislead the press and tempt them to prove you wrong in the Internet era, when there are no secrets and everyone knows everything in the 24-hour news cycle." C'mon Hank, don't hold back.
5) Move all my 3 A.M. calls to 2 P.M.: McC to reporters: "If I put in three or four 18-hour, 20-hour days in a row, then I'm not sharp. It's just a fact." [NYT 8-11-08] Why not make your sleep schedule public so we know what we're dealing with on any given day?
6) People with too much time on their hands: Focus on the Family posts a video on their website calling on Christians to pray for rain during Obama's acceptance speech on Denver. After the flurry of criticism they take the video down and say it was all just a joke. So many jokes out there. Is this turning into the funnniest campaign ever, or what?
7) This is how that whole Jimmy C. thing went sour: Reports are that the Ob camp has shunned Rep. Charlie Rangel during Convention week and denied him a speaking spot. Come January, will the new president be planning any work in the area of tax reform? Just curious.....
8) Political wisdom = chance+luck: The Atlantic reprints Mark Penn's e-mails from the Clinton debacle. Let me get this straight. He thought Ob being born in Hawaii was an opening? And thought that was a good idea? And people still pay him lots of money for his ideas? Get me Chauncey Gardiner!
9) Why? Do you have a Timeshare there, or something? Cokie Roberts on Ob's Hawaii vacation: "I know his grandmother lives in Hawaii, and I know Hawaii is a state, but it has the look of him going off to some sort of foreign, exotic place. He should be in Myrtle Beach if he's going to take a vacation at this time." [NYT 8-15-08]
10) Will he, won't he, should he, could he, maybe, maybe not..... Colin Powell hasn't been this indecisive since that whole Iraq thing came up. Quick, somebody ask his wife!
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