The Dick Clarke testimony was great today. The new winged monkey attack line is simple: because Clarke gave a background interview with reporters in 2002, and was positive about the administration's point of view, he's a hypocrite. Clarke reminded the commission that in DC, you certainly don't talk smack about your employer (Clark, at the time, was part of the administration) and that private life allows more freedom.

So we'll see how this story gets spun. Condi Rice evidently has already put out a press release saying Clarke's charges are "scurrilous" which is odd, considering that every member of the commission has been playing whack-a-mole with her decision to not testify in public. I mean, she's the NSA. It's her job. But no public testimony? And Bush will only talk for an hour before two people, rather than the full commission? You'd think that they were actually trying to look like they're stonewalling.

Hopefully I will have enough time after the fundraiser this evening (oh, and some local political stuff with gwyn and friends) to plow through the rest of the book. Because Clarke was soundbite city today. I'd rock in the new years with him any day.