My eleven o’clock consultation appointment today was with Marco P. Capellini, who usually lobbies for the National Restaurant Association. Today, however, he was on family business and paying out of his own pocket – or at least offering to do so. “No, no,” I insisted, “please – this one’s on me. Consider it pro bono.”… Continue reading Iowa, Pizza Ranch and the GOP – What Would Jesus Order?
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GOP Rediscovers Gingrich – Can Talk, has Pulse; Also Not Romney
Around about Halloween, my dear sister Rose had finished making it clear to me, over the course of several conversations, that Thanksgiving was to be held at my house this year. There are a number of reasons for that, none of which Rose gave me, of course, because she didn’t need too. I already knew… Continue reading GOP Rediscovers Gingrich – Can Talk, has Pulse; Also Not Romney
Raising Cain Above Romney, Perry and Bucket of… N-P-K?
Early last Friday, Gretchen received a call from the Herman Cain campaign, who displayed a respectable amount of organization by booking a telephone consultation for their candidate on Tuesday morning. Cain: Hello? Tom Collins? Tom: At your service, sir. Cain: Oh, I do like the sound of that. Tom: I am truly gratified to hear you… Continue reading Raising Cain Above Romney, Perry and Bucket of… N-P-K?
Fat Chance that Chris Christie Will be President
September 30 is the last day of the federal fiscal year, making October 1 Washington’s New Years Day. Consequently, there’s a tradition of throwing New Years Eve parties on the last day of September, and since this year, that day happened to fall on a Friday, there were rather more of them to attended than… Continue reading Fat Chance that Chris Christie Will be President