Greetings! Who will write the first book on the tumultuous final year of the Biden presidency?  My preference is John Heilemann, who co-authored the terrific 2010 best seller Game Change, about the presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain.  The  HBO movie drawn from “Game Change” didn’t reach the heights of the book, still it’s worth a watch for Julianne Moore’s stellar performance as Sarah Palin.  I’m not ready to fully cast a Biden movie, but my leading candidate to play Joe from Scranton is “Mad Men’s” John Slattery…Help wanted:  the Secret Service is hiring two public affairs specialists, which states loud and clear the agency's major image issues.  The Wall Street Journal reports the position pays $140K, more than double the starting pay of  $64K that Secret Service agents make…Dept. of Low Blow Laughs:  The Washington Free Beacon just unveiled a Kamala Cackle Button… Dept. of Good Timing: Nancy Pelosi, a key figure in the push to get President Biden to step aside, has a new book available on August 6.  The Art of Power – perhaps the most accurate book title of the summer – tells Pelosi’s journey from housewife to House Speaker.  And her skills as a housewife surely rivals her political abilities because she appears to have done a first-rate job cleaning up the mess in the Oval Office…The Gateway Pundit claims to have one of the first images of Trump with a bandage on his ear…Number of unwanted political text messages I received yesterday: 10.  Anyone else being bombarded? Anyone else annoyed?…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Let’s pump the brakes a bit before we position Kamala Harris as the sweet bird of youth flying into the race for the Oval Office.  Yes, she’s much, much younger than Biden and Trump. But she turns 60 in October a few weeks before the election, an age in which some professions like commercial airline pilots, air traffic controllers and firefighters may subject their workers to mandatory retirement.  It’s worth recalling that Lyndon Johnson announced he wasn’t seeking reelection when he was just 60.  On election day, Kamala will be just two years shy of being eligible to receive social security benefits. It’s possible that a good portion of the voting public may perceive her as an extension of the political gerontocracy.  Prior to Trump, the country had a run of fairly youngish presidents when they were sworn into office: Bill Clinton (46), George W. Bush (54) and Barack Obama (47).  I’m not saying Kamala’s too old.  But voters in their 20s and early 30s may not see the 59-year-old vice president in the same light as the political establishment or aging baby boomers… There’s a new section on the Trump’s website called Harris Dishonest Mondays.  Does that mean The Donald will trash Kamala only one day a week?...Conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer has a post on her website claiming that Claire Kelly, the daughter of Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) who is reportedly being considered as Kamala’s VP, has been “exposed for possession of Ecstasy.” Loomer’s article features an image purportedly from Claire Kelly’s Instagram account with the headline “Pussy molly weed”…If  you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard