by Andrew Malcolm
Bill Hemmer was talking with former senior presidential advisor and political strategist Karl Rove on Fox News about the amazing current national political scene, especially the evolving or devolving race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Not long ago, you may recall, Hillary Clinton, who's trailing in both delegates and popular votes, suggested for strategic reasons that she and Barack Obama could be running mates on what some Democrats regard as a "dream ticket" combining the first female and African American candidates. Not surprisingly, Clinton believes she should be on top.
Recently, her husband began touting the idea, too.
Then as this week's leading candidate for the prestigious Chutzpah Award, Howard Wolfson, the senior spokesman for. the Clinton campaign, said: "We do not believe at this point that Sen. Obama has passed that key commander in chief test" to become her running mate.
So Hemmer was on TV across the country and around the world asking Rove, a new Fox News contributor, what in that same world was going on? When, suddenly, a phone rang very loudly. There was a brief pause. The phone rang again and again.
And then Rove realized it was his very own cellphone. Shades of Rudy Giuliani being interrupted mid-speech by a cell call from his wife -- the former mayor's solution. And Obama's interrupted speech in that Iowa barn. Hemmer told Rove to answer the call. But Rove demurred, apologized and said it wouldn't happen again.
Shortly after, a news anchor came on and said, "I wonder who that was?"
Well, we have the answer for her and the world. And like most cell calls it's pretty ordinary. In an e-mail minutes ago, Rove informed Top of the Ticket that the call was from a lawyer in Dallas. But when he tried to return it, Rove got the main office switchboard. And had no idea who to ask for.
So if you're that Texas lawyer who didn't get your call to Karl Rove answered, try again. But first, check Fox News.
Andrew Malcolm writes for Top of the Ticket, the Los Angeles Times' political blog.
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Comments
Rove was checking on the lawyer's rates for his upcoming trials.
Posted by: BobinATL | March 11, 2008 10:25 AM
EHH, what a maroon. (BB)
Posted by: Bugs | March 11, 2008 10:33 AM
Duh? What kind of earthbreaking news reporting is this???
Does someone have to have permission to drink a glass of water when talking to the public and the retarded press is there to take note of the glass and not the issues???
Take a blue pill ~ and stick to it. Or, get with real issues and forget about calls unless deemed terroristic and then the press will say that these calls should not be monitored. Move on to reporting news, not miscellaneous nothings. Now, as for Obama telling the public and the big Village who disses him every chance she gets, good for you Obama. You get my vote here. Obama is Presidential material because he does not rise to the hysteria of the Village and all of its past and present scandalous and hollywood like behavior. Experience counts but intelligence counts more so and I'd say he's got that over her tenfold, along with charisma. Just cuz Willy promised her a rose garden if she'd stand by her man and let Willy Willy do his thing, he'd take her to higher places and then he'd get a chance to really be himself once more and create a legacy with his wife, not for her. Go away Village and take swinery with you. And this goes for Spitzer too. He'll step down alrighty right after he makes a deal with the Feds so he doesn't get prison time. Loving politics means issues and what's best for America and I'd guess this would put McCain and Obama ahead of the rest.
Posted by: Lou | March 11, 2008 4:11 PM
Probly Bush's lawyer telling Karl the alimony check is in the mail.
Posted by: Rick/Sneads Ferry, NC | March 11, 2008 5:15 PM