They say if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. We’re especially needy in that department so we have one and a half: In addition to the wholly-owned Cox-Lehmann subsidiary known as Hank, we long-term dog-sit Wheatley, the enormous Golden Retriever with a heart big enough for two families, while his mom works [...]

I listened to this one while driving, so please excuse the absence of notes and the failure to ask a question. In any case, the most outstanding feature of this call, by my lights, was how the reporter (Margaret Talev, McClatchy) introduced her question with, “I’m sorry, this is about policy.” Sigh. It’s not her [...]

Bumped this up from the “Questions” post. Will update with more notes after the call is over: In the preamble before questions, Rep. Schultz spoke second, but was the first to call for Samantha “That’s Off the Record” Power to resign. My notes: sen obama set a tone for this campaign… it’s one thing for [...]

Sigh, I held onto that one for too long.

I didn’t mention the Huck-a-burger, or the terrifying Huck-a-flights, or the hard drinking ways of the Huck-a-staff, but here is my story looking back at the Mike Huckabee that was, and will no doubt be again.

It’s not with the press team, but with a few surrogates: Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL), Joe Sestak (PA) and Gregory Meeks (NY) hold a conference call to discuss the state of the race TODAY at 10:15 a.m. EST. You’ve had some excellent suggestions for questions so far, please feel free [...]

As I pointed out in my story, linked below, one idea in Florida is to hold the primary by mail, which is a system similar to what they use in Oregon. That would cost somewhere between $5 million and $10 million, which only a fraction of what it would take to mount a traditional primary. [...]

Should have linked to it earlier.