[Brilliant]

Isn't Howell Raines gone? But they've got a very deep bench.

[YaYa123]

I saw Raines on a week=end talk show.... oh now I remember...it was George Stephanopolis. Raines was sitting next to Cokie Roberts. Yes, I believe he has left the NYT, maybe that's why he didn't bother to mask his utter contempt for George Bush.

I got a chuckle out of Louisiana bred Cokie saying that after her Mother left one of her appointed positions, and after Livingston was forced out of congress, with John Breaux gone, it was harder for Louisiana to get it's fair share of oink oink money.