Yeah, in my opinion at least, nobody quite brings back the sound and feel of a particular moment quite like Elvis Costello. At the first bar of the song posted below, I’m back in law school, living in a shack on the Macon Highway in Athens, GA, second-guessing my own every move, including my attachment to “this year’s girl.” Amazing.
Here are some less melodic midday news/views treats:
* In the Democratic sample of that PPP survey of NH mentioned in the last post, Sanders leading Clinton 42/35, without Biden in the mix.
* Monmouth survey shows Lindsey Graham tied for seventh in native SC.
* Some legal precedent for state parties imposing loyalty oath on candidates, as some might do with Trump. No way to enforce it, of course.
* U.S. stocks up sharply today, even as Chinese markets continue slump, or crash, or whatever you want to call it.
* Boehner casting about for strategy to avoid government shutdown over Planned Parenthood funding, hasn’t found any just yet.
And in non-political news:
* Ex-wife will not get any of Lucious Lyon’s–er, I mean Terrence Howard’s–Empire earnings.
As we break for lunch, here’s Elvis Costello with “This Year’s Girl,” in Boston in 1978.
