Media queries must be answered. Once their chores are completed, a Democratic staffer fusses at them to walk to the buses so they can trek to the civic center where they will finally be given more food. The elderly among them look grateful. Complaining seemed so much easier back in their retirement village. This day, like every day in Tallahassee, is a frenetic one.
Lawyers wear out their treads skittering from courtroom to courtroom.
The Republicans on the select committee have gone ahead and rubber-stamped the resolution to call a special session. But all of us have trouble keeping our minds on our studies because of the convoy. Carrying them is a Ryder truck, followed by police and media chase cars and a fleet of news choppers. All day long, CNN tracks the caravan's every movement. The courthouse buzzes with O.J. analogies.