Reply #38: That is just a wierd article. [View All]

[riverdeep]

Is it normal to go into such detail about what someone is eating?

"After 26 seconds of silence, he changes the subject and asks his lunch guests, 'Coffee, strawberry shortcake, anybody?'"

"...pushing his fork through a platter of Caesar salad."

"With that, he ordered a decaf cappuccino and the waitress brought the check."

Maybe he's trying to establish some kind of theme to the story, but the other detail's included make him sound irrelevant, like not traveling with an entourage, not getting candidates to place calls to him. Does his job NEED an entourage, apparently it doesn't. So isn't it good he's saving expenses? The other candidates have paid advisers, they don't need to talk to the chair very often, at this stage.

It's easy for people like McAuliffe to raise money when the corporate troth is wide open. But there's a price for feeding time. The lions of the DLC were willing to pay it, he's less inclined. That's why he's supposedly irrelevant.