I wondered aloud what would happen if someone from the back drifted up to the front. Both campaigns are spinning so fast they make quasars look like they are stationary in space. The McCain campaign feels pretty good about things in South Carolina. They say that if Bush, after being the prohibitive favorite, and after two weeks of overwhelming levels advertising, is still in a dead-heat it augers well for McCain. The Bush people think that, coming off their win in Delaware and the level of energy the campaign is demonstrating, they are in good shape.
Reporters sit across from each other at long picnic tables strewn with phones and power jacks.
It is a cross between high school detention and a Knights of Columbus pot luck dinner. Judy Keen, of USA Today, informed us that she would not be at the filing center immediately as she was meeting some relatives first. Safe bet, here. Nice to see you again, Andy. Janet Reno wouldn't be able to open an investigation fast enough.