1. Yesterday, I wrote way too hastily that President Clinton had canceled his campaign trip to Georgia in order to attend to his wife's "pressing business." Here's what happened: because Clinton wants to attend to said business, his staff asked Jim Martin's campaign to move the location of a fundraiser closer to the venue for Clinton's public speech. There was some confusion, some gnashing of teeth, and knowledgeably people downstream picked up bad information. Unfortunately, I took the information and printed it before checking with Clinton's spokesman, Matt McKenna, whose evening was almost ruined by a call list that grew by 20 names of reporters who were trying to figure out what was happening. My reporting was sloppy; that's what happened.
2. Earlier this week, I speculated about John Kerry and the Department of the Interior. Actually, I'd be surprised if Kerry leaves the Senate if he doesn't become Secretary of State.
3. A reader writes:
I don't really care much about the overall point being made, but as a professional poker player, i have to say that "Reader David Loewenberg" is completely misusing his poker metaphor. In fact, his metaphor works entirely against the point he is trying to make. When someone is shortstacked (the phrase is not "small stacked", you take any chance that is +ev to eliminate him. you DON'T want any player to stick around ever if you eliminate them in a tournament. (it's pretty similar in a cash game). As to calling a shortstack's bluffing, in that situation the caller is rarely more than a 60% favorite to win that particular hand.
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