We've taken Sen. Joe Lieberman's request to advise him "what songs inspire you and remind you of Joe and would get you excited for Joe at campaign events" one step further by including all presidential candidates in the theme-song search.
Lieberman got things started by naming "My Way" and "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" as two of his favorite campaign songs. Here's a sampling of additional theme songs submitted by Beltway Beat readers:
Joe Lieberman: "Slip Slidin' Away" (Dave Guild, Prior Lake, Minn.)
Carol Moseley Braun: "The Impossible Dream" (George Roper, McAllen, Texas)
George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney: "Old Friends/Bookends" (Steven E. Johnston, Spanaway, Wash.)
All the Democratic candidates: "Lonely People" (Keith M. Subick, Manassas, Va.)
Joe Lieberman: "You Don't Send Me Flowers Anymore" (Rick Bravo, Turnersville, N.J.)
Richard A. Gephardt: "On the Road Again" (Steve Strickland, Fresno, Calif.)
John Kerry: "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (Floyd J. Kezele, Gallup, N.M.)
Carol Moseley Braun: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" (Dan Godzich, Phoenix, Ariz.)
John Edwards: "Who Are You?" (Rich Schmick, Kansas City, Mo.)
John Kerry: "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" (Barry Hill, Annapolis, Md.)
Al Sharpton: "All I Need Is a Miracle" (Robert Cooper, Breckenridge, Colo.)
Howard Dean: "I Started a Joke" (Maureen Humphrey, Triangle, Va.)
The Democratic Field: "Send in the Clowns" (Cara Lege, Frisco, Texas)
Bob Graham: "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Daniel Magan, Cleveland, Ohio)
Howard Dean: "It's Yesterday Once More" (Steve Barrett, Chattanooga, Tenn.)
George W. Bush: "Takin' Care of Business" (Robert Cooper, Breckenridge, Colo.)
George W. Bush: "I Walk the Line" (Amy C. Reeder, Arlington)
CITIZEN KAYNE
Despite an earlier uproar, National Rifle Association President Kayne Robinson has yet to set foot inside the Oval Office.
Heck, he hasn't even been invited to a White House tea.
"I understand White House tours have started up again," says Robinson, who earlier this year was elected to succeed Charlton Heston as the NRA's top gun.
A former Des Moines assistant police chief and chairman of the Iowa Republican Party, who helped organize the 1999 Iowa straw poll and 2000 presidential caucus, the first in the nation, had anti-gun activists grabbing for their slingshots when he vowed during the 2000 campaign that the NRA would work out of the White House with George W. Bush as president.