Richard Holbrooke as director of national intelligence. (Leslie H. Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, says the "courageous and highly bipartisan" former assistant secretary of state could bring his robust management style to the intel world.)
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Given the endless fodder harvested in the nation's capital on a daily basis, it's no wonder Washington's most famous non-elected political comedian, Mark Russell, continues playing to sold-out audiences from coast to coast -- including California, where not a single seat is available for his three performances just prior to Election Day.
The popular piano-playing satirist will be back in town on election eve, with two Monday performances scheduled at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, the "scene of my former crimes," he says of his return to the hotel.
"Having performed at the Shoreham for 20 years, I took a brief 26-year hiatus and now I am back [every Monday]. If I keep doing the act for another 20 years I will be 95 — at which time I may slow down a bit, depending on which Clinton or Bush is in the White House."
Speaking of the Clintons, we had to laugh at Mr. Russell's one-liner after Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. recently suggested Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a better vice president:
"Bad timing, Joe. Just as Hillary's supporters' meds were wearing off."