Joe Trippi in GQ

Just hilarious. Trippi sounds like me. So how much do you and Howard talk about personal stuff? "Huh?" Personal stuff. "Shhhhh, this song's amazing. This is the best song in the world." He cranks up Neil Young's "Cortez the Killer." He hits the replay button. "You talked through it," he whines. "So now we have to play it again." Indeed, she talked through it. Read the whole thing, because as far as campaign excitement goes, the party ends now. Link to this entry Posted on 2/24/04; 1:06:42 PM

Slate finally weighs in

In today's Jurisprudence column, Stanford law prof Richard Thompson Ford critiques Gavin Newsom: "There are some circumstances in which cities can defy state or federal law, but unfortunately for the city, none of them justify the San Francisco's decision to license same-sex marriage ... The city's argument—that local officials can act in contravention of state law based on their own untested interpretation of the constitution—is dangerous." Read the whole thing, plus the bonus link to Dahlia Lithwick on what state officials might do. Link to this entry Posted on 2/24/04; 8:18:40 AM