Here's some news not only of interest to readers in DC, but it could also be an important new dynamic in the Democratic primary race. Tomorrow in a rally open to the public on the campus at American University, Ted Kennedy will join Caroline Kennedy in endorsing Barack Obama for president. Read about it at the Boston Globe. The basketball arena should be packed, so make sure you try to arrive early.
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Lloyd Bentsen died today at the age of 85. You will remember that Bentsen, while running as Democratic VP candidate, countered Dan "Potatoe" Quayle's self-comparison to John F. Kennedy with, "Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy.
Okay, the last bit about Billy Bragg, Woody Guthrie, and Stetson Kennedy before getting back to natural product medicines....
So, how is he NOT the part of the Washington insider circle?
Well, I may have to choose Obama, then. Food for thought, anyway.