CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC and Fox are calling everyone they can find and hauling them down to the Capitol to analyze the situation. Over the weekend, CBS was calling us to ask if they should believe state Rep. Mike Fasano about a special session. We suggested they might want to wait. CNN didn't wait and started reporting that a session was imminent, a report they later had to retract. Rumors seem to find their way on the air quickly when the satellite trucks are parked in the front yard.
Press conferences pop up constantly.
We know whether it's going to be the Gore folks or the Bush folks by reading the flags. One U.S. flag and one state flag behind the podium means the Gore people are coming. Somewhere between two and 10 U.S. flags on new poles topped by golden eagles means it's the Bush people. The Republicans didn't think those puny Democrat flags were good enough, so they sent off to buy these splendid gold-fringed versions of the stars and stripes. Senate President John McKay was out of town tending to his own real estate business Monday.