Banquet chicken with Barney

We are at Barney Frank's LGBT lunch. So far, he's been the best part by far. A lot of the speakers are just plain boring. (They're no Michelle Obama, let's put it that way.)

But Barney was great. He talked about being asked about the "gay agenda." He said "if there is one, it's to get married, join the army and get a job." Everyone cracked up.

I sat next to a reporter who got chased from the table to the press area. Yuck. It's fantastic to be here, but there's definitely an element of seeing the sausage getting made, and wishing you hadn't.

Still, it's been a great day so far. I keep visualizing a government run by these folks. Instead of Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzalez, Dick Cheney, Michael "heck of a job" Brown.