Fired Up. Ready to Go. For Chicken Nuggets.

The official reviews had not yet come in when the Barack Obama staffers started celebrating last night. And what better what better way to celebrate than a walk into the drive thru at McDonald’s? A function of audacity? Hope? Or maybe just change we can believe in.

In the Arena

Back From England…

Where the high-speed wasn’t working in the charming little hotel selected by Swampspouse…And so, better late than never, here’s my Hillary Clinton cover story. Meanwhile, on a few things that happened while I was gone: –The Congress overruled Bush’s veto on the (utterly wasteful, enivronmentally despicable) water projects bill, thereby unleashing billions in porkified cash, [...]

Jefferson Jackson Dinner: Dodd…and Clinton and Obama

I did not take very good notes on Dodd. This is not Dodd’s fault, particularly. It is because — and I am ashamed that my notes do not reflect this — this may be the least interesting campaign event I have attended… well, ever. Nancy Pelosi has been as stiff and awkward an emcee as, [...]